third-person
He, she, they
Third-person is the grammatical perspective that refers to someone or something being spoken about rather than speaking or being addressed.
Pronouns like he, she, it, and they are third-person.
In fiction, third-person narration describes characters from outside: She walked into the room and noticed the silence.
Third-person shooter games position the camera behind the player's character rather than through their eyes.
One who tells events
- point-of-viewPosition from which something's considered
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- omniscientUnlimited in awareness
- limitedRestricted in extent
objective · voice · viewpoint · storytelling · fiction · prose · novel · author
Male subject pronoun
someone · anyone · everybody · nobody · singular · plural · grammatical · subject
One who perceives events
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- spectatorObserver at an event
- bystanderOne who observes nearby
- onlookerPerson who observes
distance · aloofness · uninvolved · disinterested · nonparticipant · removed · impartial · neutral
Having complete awareness
- godlikeResembling a deity
- unlimitedWithout bounds or restrictions
- authorialOf a writer
- intrusiveInvading others' privacy
editorial · panoramic · bird's-eye · head-hopping · all-seeing
narrator
One who tells events
- point-of-viewPosition from which something's considered
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- omniscientUnlimited in awareness
limited · objective · voice · viewpoint · storytelling · fiction · prose · novel · author · reader
he
Male subject pronoun
one · someone · anyone · everybody · nobody · singular · plural · grammatical · subject · object
observer
One who perceives events
onlooker · distance · aloofness · uninvolved · disinterested · nonparticipant · removed · impartial · neutral · objectivity
all-knowing
Having complete awareness
intrusive · editorial · panoramic · bird's-eye · head-hopping · all-seeing
- storytellingstorytelling, story, tale, narrative, narrator
- perspectivesviewpoints, viewpoint, point of view, POV, opinions
- narrationvoice-over, narrator, telling, POV, point of view
- visual stylespixel art, low poly, flat design, minimalist, photorealism
third-personfirst-person
"I" as narrator
autobiographical · confessional · stream of consciousness · interior monologue · epistolary
third-personfirst-person
"I" as narrator
first-person shooter · FPS · cockpit view · first-person view · POV
third, person, thirds, thirdly, persons, personal, personally, personality, personable