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narrative terminology

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1Narrative TerminologyNarrative Terminology
2Narrative Narrative is defined as "a chain of events in a cause-effect relationship occurring in time"Diegesis
The internal world created by the story that the characters themselves experience and encounter
3Story All events referenced both explicitly in a narrative and inferredPlot
the events directly incorporated into the action of the text and the order in which they are presented.
4Unrestricted narration A narrative which has no limits to the information that is presentedRestricted narration
only offers minimal information regarding the narrative
5Subjective character identification the view is given unique access to what a range of characters see and doObjective character identification
the viewer is given unique access to a characters point of view such as seeing things from the character's mind, dreams, fantasies or memories