Narrative Flashcards

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Omniscient narration

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The narrator knows all the actions, feelings, and motivations of all the characters.

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Limited omniscient narration

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The narrator knows the actions, feelings, and motivations of only one or a handful of characters

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Free indirect discourse

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The narrator conveys a character’s inner thoughts while staying in third person

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Objective narration

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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

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Falling action

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denouement

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Reversal

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peripetia (Greek name)

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Achronological plot

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Events are not arranged in the sequence in which they occur

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Episodic plot

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A series of loosely connected events

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Non sequitur plot

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defies logic by presenting events without any clear sequence and characters without any clear motivaion

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