Meaning & use

first person

noun·Academic

A grammatical point of view in which the speaker or narrator refers to themselves using "I" or "we."

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The novel is told in first person, so readers experience events through the narrator's eyes.

She rewrote the essay in first person to make it feel more personal.

A note on using this word

First person contrasts with second person ("you") and third person ("he," "she," "they") in both pronoun use and narrative style.

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Words with an opposite meaning

third person

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