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English A02 Definitions
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- 1Structure Definitions Diegesis: All parts of narrative, for example, characters, narrators, actors, etc.Three levels of Diegesis:
1. Extradiegetic Level: The level at which the narrator, who is not part of the story being told, exists.
2. Diegetic or Intradiegetic Level: The level of the characters, their thoughts and actions, etc.
3. Metadiegetic or Hypodiegetic Level: The story within the story, for example when a diegetic narrator tells the story. - 2Structure Definitions Mimesis: A form of realism in narrative.Mimesis in Contrast with Diegesis:
Mimesis shows rather than tells, by means of action that is enacted.
Diegesis is the telling of the story by a narrator, who may speak as a particular character or be an 'invisible' narrator. - 3Structure Definitions Exposition: A literary technique used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters, etc. to the audience or reader.Structure Definitions
Resolution: Part of the story's plot line in which the problem is resolved or worked out.
Climax: A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in the plot. - 4Types of Narrative Objective Narrative: The narrator is an observer, but cannot enter the minds of other characters except in a speculative way. Such a narrator is trapped by the chronology and immediacy of the story.Types of Narrative
Subjective Narrative: The narrator of a subjective point of view (also known as "limited omniscience") knows everything about a single character only, and sees the story through the eyes of that character.
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