Terminology Flashcards
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Narrative voice
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The perspective the story is told from
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Non-diegetic
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A scene outside from outside the story world, inserted in the story world
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Omniscient
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The all-knowing voice in a story
The Inspector has omniscient knowledge in ‘An Inspector Calls’
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Free indirect discourse
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Narrative technique in literature that combines a character’s thoughts with the narrator’s voice
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Foil
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A literary element that serves as a contrast to the main charcter, or protagonist
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Twist
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A literary technique that introduces a radical change in the directed or expected outcome of the plot
At the end of ‘The Story of An Hour’ there is a twist
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Morale
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The meaning or message conveyed through a story
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