What is the difference between 1st, 2nd and 3rd person narrative??

Question

And some examples would be good...I keep getting these mixed up! Thanks.

Answer 1

I don't know.
You ought to look it up.
Or Some-one else may help.

That's first, second and third.

Answer 2

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1st person is when it is written from the perspective of the person narrating. 3rd person is when it is written by someone who seems as though they are watching the action but not involved. This narrator is often omniscent which means they appear to know everything, this type of narration is most common as it can tell you the thoughts and actions of each of the characters. 3rd person is most confussing and it ocurrs when the narrator is involved in the story but talking about another person as if they were talking to them. so a 3rd person narrative might start with the word 'you' as in 'You never told me why you were so scared' for example.

Answer 3

Please........

First person is I

Second person is YOU

Third person is He/she

The origin of this is the way that verbs are conjugated, if you ever took a language...

singular plural
I am.........................we are............first person
you are....................you are...........second person
he/she is..................they are..........third person


Okay...when you read a diary, it is written in first person. Or an autobiography.
Or take something else familiar...the first paragraph of Rebecca:
First person is written from the perspective of "I"

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive, and for a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me. There was a padlock and a chain upon the gate. I called in my dream to the lodge-keeper, and had no answer, and peering closer through the rusted spokes of the gate I saw that the lodge was uninhabited.

2nd Person...is written from the pov of YOU. (You find more of this in French than in English. Also, the Imperative is used, with "YOU" understood as the subject.) Pam Houston's short story How to Talk to a Hunter is a wonderful example of writing in 2nd person. Notice the primary pov is directed toward "you" :

When he says "Skins or blankets?" it will take you a moment to realize that he's asking which you want to sleep under. And in your hesitation, he'll decide that he wants to see your skin wrapped in the big black moose hide....

Now we come to the very familiar, third person. HE/SHE
Most books are written in third person.

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister
on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had
peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no
pictures or conversations in it, `and what is the use of a book,'
thought Alice `without pictures or conversation?'

So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could,
for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether
the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble
of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White
Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

(It would also be third person if the main pronoun point of view is (HE)

Answer 4

1st person narratives are told by a character within the story. This narrator can be identified by the use of the pronoun, "I" when relating to objects or events within the story. 3rd person limited narratives are told by an observer of the story. Limited narratives are identified by the inability of the narrator to know what is going on in the thoughts of all of the characters, all of the time.
3rd person omniscient narratives are told by an outside observer who is everywhere and knows every character's thoughts, background, and sometimes future.
Second-person narration is a narrative technique in which the protagonist or another main character is referred to by employment of second-person personal pronouns and other kinds of addressing forms, for example the English second-person pronoun "you".

Answer 5

2nd Person Narrative

Answer 6

1st 2nd And 3rd Person

Answer 7

Is Hawk-Eye's answer the most pointless ever....?

1st person is where the narrator is also the protagonist or character in the story.

2nd person is very rare and most commonly used for hypotheses.
eg. You walk into a shop and someone is holding it up with a gun. You turn to the shopkeeper and see a face etched with fear....are you going to turn and walk out, while you still have the chance?

3rd person is where the character is another person, whether real or fictional. As in a James Bond book.

See below for some examples

Answer 8

First person: I loved the smell of roses.
Second person: You said you had always loved roses.
Third person: Madey said she loved roses.

Answer 9

First person is 'I' or 'we':
I met my sister and we went shopping.
Second person is 'you' either singular or plural:
Jonny, you set the table. singular
Emma and Amy, you get the drinks. plural
Third person, he, she, it or they.
He ordered a beer but she wanted wine. They both chose steak.

Answer 10

Ist person singular...........I am British.
2nd person singular..Thou art British (this is now archaic)
3rd person singular...He/She is British.
Ist person plural......We are British
2nd person plural..You are British.(now also used for singular too)
3rd person plural..They are British.

Answer 11

First person: I walked down the hall
Second person: You walked down the hall.
Third person: He walked down the hall