first person

Meaning

Noun

  • Forms of pronouns or verbs used for the speaker or writer of the sentence in which they occur.
  • A form of narrative writing using verbs in the first person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the narrator.

Origin

  • , itself a calque of Ancient Greek πρώτον πρόσωπον.

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