Remember the pronouns for first person – “I”
If you see the following pronouns used to indicate the viewpoint of a writer in a passage of writing, then the text is described as first person:
First person: I, me, my, myself, mine, we.
NOTE:
"We" is first person plural.
To remember this, the following will help:
The first person was Adam.
From his viewpoint, Adam would use the pronouns I, me, my and mine.
NOTE:
Another way to remember first person is to recognise it's not second or third person.
Example
This sentence is an example of writing in the first person:
I asked the hotel porter to carry my case but he ignored me and picked up a case that wasn’t mine, so I ended up carrying my case myself.
NOTE:
“he” is not from the writer’s viewpoint so is not considered in determining whether the writing is first, second or third person.
