Narrative structure Flashcards
Narrative structure meaning
How events in a story are organised.
Narrative structure includes
Use of flashbacks
Cyclical structure
Shifts in time and place
Use of multiple narrators
Foreshadowing
Framed narrative
A story within a story.
Analeptic
A event or scene which interrupts chronological nature.
Episodic
Mini short stories.
Epistolary
Form of letters
How is narrative structure written?
Chapters
Scenes
Sections
Time and place
Ways of using time and sequence to add complexity to a narrative.
How can time and place be used?
Describe setting through authorial method, Place symbolise character and relationship.
Characterisation
Presentation of characters, gaps in knowledge of characters, symbolism
Characterisation effect on audience
conflict, pathos, empathy.
Point of view
Different types of narration
Characters speech and thought
Reliable and unreliable narrators
