Narrative/ Plot terms part 1

Narrative

• A sequence of events that a narrator tells in story form

• A storyteller of any kind

• A style in which the narrator reports neutrally on the outward behavior of the characters but offers no interpretation of their actions or their inner states

• A person, animal, or any other thing with a personality that appears in a story

Narrator

• A sequence of events that a narrator tells in story form

• A storyteller of any kind

• The main character around whom the story revolves

• well-liked protagonist

Point of View

• The perspective that a narrative takes toward the events it describes

• Narrator knows actions, feeling, and motivations of all characters

• A character who illuminates the qualities of another character by means of contrast

• A person, animal, or any other thing with a personality that appears in a story

1st Person (narration)

• Tells the story from his/her perspective and refers to him/herself as "I" (ex. Autobiographies or nonfiction)

• Narrator remains outside of the story and refers to characters using proper names and pronouns: "he", "she", "it", or "they"

• Narrator knows actions, feeling, and motivations of all characters

• Narrator knows the actions, feelings, and motivations of only one or a couple of characters

3rd Person (narration)

• Tells the story from his/her perspective and refers to him/herself as "I" (ex. Autobiographies or nonfiction)

• Narrator remains outside of the story and refers to characters using proper names and pronouns: "he", "she", "it", or "they"

• Narrator knows actions, feeling, and motivations of all characters

• Narrator knows the actions, feelings, and motivations of only one or a couple of characters

Omniscient Narration

• Tells the story from his/her perspective and refers to him/herself as "I" (ex. Autobiographies or nonfiction)

• Narrator remains outside of the story and refers to characters using proper names and pronouns: "he", "she", "it", or "they"

• Narrator knows actions, feelings, and motivations of all characters

• Narrator knows the actions, feelings, and motivations of only one or a couple of characters

Limited Omniscient Narration

• Tells the story from his/her perspective and refers to him/herself as "I" (ex. Autobiographies or nonfiction)

• Narrator remains outside of the story and refers to characters using proper names and pronouns: "he", "she", "it", or "they"

• Narrator knows actions, feeling, and motivations of all characters

• Narrator knows the actions, feelings, and motivations of only one or a couple of characters

External conflict

• a struggle between the protagonist and another character (or possibly nature)

• A style in which the narrator reports neutrally on the outward behavior of the characters but offers no interpretation of their actions or their inner states

• The narrator is revealed over time to be an untrustworthy source of info.

• a struggle within a character

Objective Narration

• A style in which the narrator reports neutrally on the outward behavior of the characters but offers no interpretation of their actions or their inner states

• The narrator is revealed over time to be an untrustworthy source of info.

• a struggle within a character

• A person, animal, or any other thing with a personality that appears in a story

Unreliable Narration

• Narrator knows the actions, feelings, and motivations of only one or a couple of characters

• a struggle between the protagonist and another character (or possibly nature)

• A style in which the narrator reports neutrally on the outward behavior of the characters but offers no interpretation of their actions or their inner states

• The narrator is revealed over time to be an untrustworthy source of info.