Advanced Literary techques

Front

First person

Back

Is a participant in the story. (pronouns I, me and my.)

Front

Second Person

Back

Told in instructions or direction (you, your)

Front

Third person limited

Back

just the thoughts/feelings of one character

Front

Third person omniscient

Back

knowns the thoughts/feelings of many characters

Front

Third person objective

Back

the narrator is an observer

Front

Flashback

Back

Sometimes actions are interrupted to present a scene from an earlier time.

Front

Foreshadowing

Back

hints or signs about the future

Front

Flash forward

Back

when the writer leaves the current action to "flash" to a scene in the future.

Front

Plot twist

Back

an unexpected event happened in the plot (known as a twist or surprise ending)