point of view
Where you stand
Point of view is the position from which something is seen or considered.
In narrative, it's the perspective through which a story is told—first person (I walked in), third person (She walked in), or occasionally second person (You walk in).
More broadly, point of view is someone's particular way of thinking about a matter: From my point of view, the decision was unfair.
The phrase acknowledges that opinions depend on where you stand.
"I" as narrator
- third-personGrammatical category for others
- omniscientUnlimited in awareness
- limitedRestricted in extent
- unreliableNot consistently performing
narrator · storyteller · voice · protagonist · stream-of-consciousness · characterization · focalization · multiple perspectives
Standing posture or viewpoint
- positionLocation or stance
- beliefTrust held as true
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- convictionFirmly held belief
sentiment · outlook · interpretation · assessment · evaluation · bias · conclusion · persuasion
Position of advantage
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- sightlinePath vision travels along
- vistaPleasing distant scene
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
horizon · foreground · background · depth · foreshortening · framing · composition · scene
Relating to one's self
- individualOne separate human being
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
assumption · preconception · prejudice · lens · filter · worldview · frame of reference · lived experience
first-person
"I" as narrator
- third-personGrammatical category for others
- omniscientUnlimited in awareness
- limitedRestricted in extent
unreliable · narrator · storyteller · voice · protagonist · stream-of-consciousness · characterization · focalization · multiple perspectives · authorial
stance
Standing posture or viewpoint
conviction · sentiment · outlook · interpretation · assessment · evaluation · bias · conclusion · persuasion · mindset
vantage
Position of advantage
panorama · horizon · foreground · background · depth · foreshortening · framing · composition · scene · overlook
personal
Relating to one's self
- individualOne separate human being
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- interpretationAssigned meaning
bias · assumption · preconception · prejudice · lens · filter · worldview · frame of reference · lived experience · subjectivity
- viewpointsoutlook, opinion, position, stance, angle
- literary devicesmetaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, alliteration
- Literature Studiesliterary analysis, literary theory, close reading, literary canon, literary movements
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- readingfluency, read, comprehension, readers, books
- storytellingstorytelling, story, tale, narrative, narrator
point of viewobjective truth
Reality independent of perception
objective reality · matter of fact · absolute truth · universal truth · the facts
point of viewimpartiality
Freedom from prejudice
objectivity · neutrality · detachment · disinterestedness · even-handedness
point of viewuniversal truth
Fact holding everywhere, always
consensus · general consensus · self-evident truth · common knowledge · conventional wisdom
view, pointed, points, pointer, perspective, disappoint, viewpoint, disappointed, pointing