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Darrisha Myrick 5-7

Darrisha Lessons 5-7

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Style The diction, word play, and expression of thought al make up an author's style.
Point Of View (POV) An author chooses to tell a story or part of a story from a given perspective. Not all points of view are the same. It depends on who the narrator is and how much he or she knows about the plot and characters.
First Person (POV) The Narrator relates events from a personal perspective, using his or her own words. I, me, and we are clues to this POV.
Second Person (POV) The narrator addresses the reader directly. you or your is a clue to this POV.
Third Person Omniscient (POV) The narrator is outside the action an refers to character as he, she, or they. The narrator knows a;; the characters' thoughts and feelings as well as information about all events.
Third Person Limited (POV) The Narrator tells the story from the perspective of one character, knowing only that character's thoughts and feelings. Others are referred to they, he or she.
Structure All fiction has structure, like the framework of a building. An author builds a story with different methods of relating the events.
Chronological Order This is the most common from. A story unfolds in regular time order as events occur.
Frame Narrative A story is told within a story.
Epistolary Narrative An author interrupts a scene to go back and tell about events that occurred earlier.
In medias res structure This is a kind of flashback: an important scene occurs at the beginning and then the author back up to tell how the story got this point. The latin terms mean "in the middle of things."
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