What's the style called when instead of "he/she/they", it's "you"?

Question

What's it called when instead of "Sally jumps up and down to reach her schoolbag", it's "You jump up and down to reach your schoolbag?"

Does it have a technical term, like 'fourth person' or something? I know "first person" is "I do this and that", but it's not what I'm looking for.

Answer 1

2nd person

Answer 2

There is very little written about this style, but John Updike used it some and referred to it as "Reader as Third Person"

It is a dangerous point of view to write with because of obvious challenges in staying on POV, but very effective when used right.

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I found it!

Here is the definition I read in Janet Burroway's "Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft."

"The second person (POV) remains an idiosyncratic and experimental form...Only when 'you' becomes an actor in the drama is the story in second person....the effect of the second person is unusual and complex. The author assigns you, the reader, specific characteristics and reactions, and thereby -- assuming that you go along with his characterization of you -- pulls you deeper and more intimately into the story. It is unlikely that the second person will ever become a major mode of narration as the first and third are, but for precisely that reason you may find it an attractive experiment. It is startling and relatively unexplored." (Burroway, 209)

I hope this helps

Answer 3

Second person.

Answer 4

I = First person
You = Second person (can be singular or plural)
He/She = Third person singular
They = Third person plural

Answer 5

I've never read any books with that POV. Maybe it's omniscient?

Answer 6

yup, it's second person.