Voice Flashcards
Point of View
The perspective from which a story is told.
First Person
The narrator is a character in the story and shares his/her thoughts and feelings (I).
Stream of Consciousness
Reveals the continuous, unedited flow of the characters thoughts, feelings and impressions.
Interior Monologue
An unspoken monologue that reveals the spontaneous, unordered interior thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur in the character’s mind.
Soliloquy/Dramatic Monologue
A spoken monologue that reveals the innermost thoughts and feelings of the speaker; the monologue is given when the speaker believes they are alone.
Aside
A few words or short speech spoken by one character to the audience that other characters do not overhear.
Third Person
The narrator is outside the story (he, she, they).
Third Person Limited
The narrator is outside the story and shares the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Third Person Omniscent
The narrator is outside the story and shares the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
Editorial Omniscience
The omniscient narrator evaluates the characters for the reader.
Neutral Omniscience
The narrator lets the character’s thoughts and actions speak for themselves.
Chorus
An individual character or group that remains detached from the action while commenting on or explaining the action to the audience.
Stage Manager
A character who comments omnisciently.
Third Person Dramatic (Third Person Objective)
The narrator is outside the story and shares only the actions and dialogue of the characters.
Unreliable Narrator
Reveals an interpretation of events that is somehow different than the author’s interpretation of events.
