first person
Story told directly
First person is the grammatical category for the speaker or writer: I, me, we, us.
A first-person narrative tells the story from the narrator's own perspective: The novel is written in first person.
In video games, a first-person shooter shows the world through the player's eyes rather than from an external camera angle.
First-person subject pronoun
- meFirst-person object pronoun
- myFirst-person possessive
- mineOre excavation site
- myselfFirst-person reflexive pronoun
we · us · our · ours · ourselves · pronoun · singular · plural
One who tells events
- protagonistStory's central figure
- voiceSound from throat
- point-of-viewPosition from which something's considered
- unreliable narratorStoryteller whose credibility wavers
stream-of-consciousness · interior monologue · confessional · storytelling · perspective · subjectivity · immediacy · intimacy
Written personal recollection
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
- diaryPersonal daily record
- journalRecord of daily events
- personal essayAutobiographical prose work
life story · reminiscence · recollection · self-portrait · testimony · personal narrative · chronicle · retrospective
Digital user representation
- player characterUser-controlled game persona
- POVPerspective, for short
- cameraImage capturing device
- immersionState of being submerged
RPG · MMORPG · shooter · perspective · controller · gameplay · simulation · VR
One's self-image
- selfOne's own being
- identityWho someone is
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
subjectivity · individuality · self-concept · self-perception · introspection · inner life · self-reflection · phenomenology
I
First-person subject pronoun
myself · we · us · our · ours · ourselves · pronoun · singular · plural · subjective
narrator
One who tells events
- protagonistStory's central figure
- voiceSound from throat
- point-of-viewPosition from which something's considered
unreliable narrator · stream-of-consciousness · interior monologue · confessional · storytelling · perspective · subjectivity · immediacy · intimacy · flashback
memoir
Written personal recollection
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
- diaryPersonal daily record
- journalRecord of daily events
personal essay · life story · reminiscence · recollection · self-portrait · testimony · personal narrative · chronicle · retrospective · anecdote
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Digital user representation
- player characterUser-controlled game persona
- POVPerspective, for short
- cameraImage capturing device
immersion · RPG · MMORPG · shooter · perspective · controller · gameplay · simulation · VR · viewpoint
ego
One's self-image
- selfOne's own being
- identityWho someone is
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
self-awareness · subjectivity · individuality · self-concept · self-perception · introspection · inner life · self-reflection · phenomenology · lived experience
- camera angleshigh angle, low angle, eye level, bird's eye view, worm's eye view
- narrationvoice-over, narrator, telling, POV, point of view
- Narratorsstoryteller, omniscient, unreliable narrator, voice-over, chronicler
- prose craftstyle, diction, word choice, pacing, narration
- Dramatic Monologuedramatic monologue, monologue, poetic voice, speaker, persona
- inflectionsinflections, plurals, conjugations, declensions, verb forms
first personthird person
Grammatical category for others
second person · you · it · one · impersonal
first personfly-on-the-wall
Undetected observer status
third person · omniscient narrator · omniscient · camera eye
first personobjective
Purpose or goal
impersonal · detached · third-person perspective · neutral · reportorial
first, person, personality, persons, first-rate, firstly, personable, firsthand, first-class