Narration Flashcards
verbal aspect of point of view
Voice
perspective from which people, events, and other details in a work of fiction are viewed
Point of view
visual component of point of view
Focus / Focalization
situation or statement characterized by a significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant
Irony
Verbal irony is …
Sarcasm
When character holds different circumstances from reality, it’s called…
Situational irony
When the situation is in situational irony is the result of fate, chance, gods, or other superhuman force.
Cosmic irony/irony of fate
When there is a gap between what audiences know and the character believes or expects
Dramatic irony
Dramatic irony in a tragedy is sometimes called…
Tragic irony
Unidentified listener/reader
Characters using third-person pronouns
External narrator
A third-person narrator
character whose inner thoughts, perceptions, and feelings are revealed by a third-person limited narrator
Central consciousness
The narrator has access to the thoughts, perceptions, and experiences of more than one character (often of several)
Omniscient/unlimited narrator
The narrator may obliquely suggest them through the characters’ speech and actions
Objective narrator
Words spoken by characters
Dialogue
Imaginary listener in a literal work
Auditors
