Narrative Flashcards
Omniscient narration
The narrator knows all the actions, feelings, and motivations of all the characters.
Limited omniscient narration
The narrator knows the actions, feelings, and motivations of only one or a handful of characters
Free indirect discourse
The narrator conveys a character’s inner thoughts while staying in third person
Objective narration
A style in which the narrator reports neutrally on the outward behavior of characters but offers no interpretation of their actions. Popuralized by Ernest Hemingway
Falling action
denouement
Reversal
peripetia (Greek name)
Achronological plot
Events are not arranged in the sequence in which they occur
Episodic plot
A series of loosely connected events
Non sequitur plot
defies logic by presenting events without any clear sequence and characters without any clear motivaion