Point of View

First-person – I, my, ours, me, myself, our, us, mine, we, your,

Third-person – They, he, she, it, yours, their, her, his, them, himself, herself, character names, oneself, one, anyone, their’s

First Person Paragraph – I felt the rugged, broken path under my feet. Filling my ears was the sound of loud cars and distant music. Ahead of me on the corner was a man wearing a hoodie as dark as night, handing something to another mysterious character. I could almost feel the eyes of locals beaming into the back of my neck, warning me I was not welcome there.

Third Person Paragraph – The pale-skinned boy nervously walked down the broken road. Ahead of him was two men exchanging some sort of illegal substance. Constant noise of cars and distant music filled the airy atmosphere. All the locals were eyeing down the boy like lions eyeing down a gazelle. He was not welcome.