Prose Techniques

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  • Created on: 19-11-19 20:31
omniscient
outside, all knowing knowledge
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over the shoulder
narrator describes events as they unfold, no access to past or future
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free indirect
more subjective, narrator access to thoughts and feelings, blurred boundary between characters and narrator, stream of consciousness
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analepsis
flashing back to earlier point in story
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prolepsis
flashing forward to a moment later in the chronological sequence of events
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protagonist
leading character, hero
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antagonist
opposite to protagonist, brings conflict, instrumental in development of protagonist
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anagnorisis
moment a character makes a critical discovery
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narrator describes events as they unfold, no access to past or future

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over the shoulder

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more subjective, narrator access to thoughts and feelings, blurred boundary between characters and narrator, stream of consciousness

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Card 4

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flashing back to earlier point in story

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Card 5

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flashing forward to a moment later in the chronological sequence of events

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