Flashcards

narrator

On'Yia King English 12 cards

Cards in this deck (12)

1Narratorthe speaker, the one from whose perspective a story is told, is sometimes the author themselves
2Point Of Viewthe role the narrator in the story, its events, and limit of their knowledge regarding the story and it's characters
3First Personuses first-person pronouns ( I, me, we us); narrator is a participant in the story either a major or minor character
4Second Personuses second-person pronoun (you, your)
5Third Personuses third-person pronouns ( he, she, it, they); nonparticipant in the story
6Editorialnarrator adds comments or opinions
7Objectiveno insight into the mind of any character ; the "fly on the wall"
8Limitedsees into the mind of a major or minor character
9Omniscientall knowing see into the minds of some or all of the character
10Innocenta character telling a story who fails to understand the full story (much like a child not understanding the whole picture)
11Unreliable Narratorthe point of the view of a a person who the reader sees as deceptive, self deceptive, deluded, or deranged
12Stream Of Consciousnessthe presentation of character thoughts and feelings in a jumbled more realistic way