Narrative Elements

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Narrative

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A story

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This diagram represents the beginning, middle, and ending of a story. These are known as the ______________ in a narrative?

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plot events

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What is narrative omniscience?

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The degree to which the narrator knows and conveys a character's thoughts, feelings, or internal emotions and conflicts

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Which of the following is an example of first person point of view? "As Harry squelched along the deserted corridor, he came across somebody who looked just as preoccupied as he was." , "Select your player. Your player should honorably serve as a representative of your faction.", "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show."

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"Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show."

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What is narrative objectivity?

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A narrator's ability to relay only facts and data in an unbiased way.

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Where in the story does the resolution/denouement occur?

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After the falling action

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Exposition

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The information presented at the beginning of a story to give readers insight into characters and setting

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Example of direct characterization?

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"Mrs. Kirkland was furious."

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deus ex machina

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A plot element that moves the plot along when a character was seemingly at a stand-still. Literally means God by Machine. In Greek Tragedy, when one of the Gods would arrive to solve the problem and would be lowered by ropes on the stage to represent them coming down from Olympus

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Which would be an example of third person narration?

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"Good timing, kitten," Gomez says.