Narration and POV Flashcards
voice
verbal aspect of POV
focus
visual aspect of POV
point of view
both voice and focus
narrator
someone who tells a story or recounts a narrative
first person narrator
narrator who refers to himself using the first person pronouns I or We
second person narrator
narrator who refers to himself using the second person pronoun You
third person narrator
narrator who uses third person pronouns such as He/She/They/It
unlimited narrator
narrator who describes thoughts and feelings of multiple characters
limited narrator
narrator who describes thoughts and feelings of one character
objective narrator
narrator who does not describe thoughts and feelings but may suggest them through character’s speech and action
unreliable narrator
if a work encourages us to view a narrator’s account of events with suspicion