-Action/dynamic verbs: Verbs that show what a subject does eg. yawns, collapses, jumps,
-Foreshadowing, hinting at events to occur
later. In Romeo & Juliet the two main characters
both state early on that they would rather die than not be together.
--Flashback
is a technique to go back in time to the previous events that led up to
the climax of the story. Not all stories start in a natural sequence in which
the events occur in a chronological order. Think of a movie that begins with the ending.
-Plot twist/Situational Irony: is a change ("twist") in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film or novel.
-Suspense or tension is the feeling of uncertainty and interest about the outcome of certain actions -- most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work.
-Dialogue is a conversation between two or more persons
"Alex," my mother asked, "What were your activities and pursuits at your middle school today?"
"I had a full day of activities, Mother. My teachers were stimulating, and my English class was especially delightful."
-Plot twist/Situational Irony: is a change ("twist") in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film or novel.
-Suspense or tension is the feeling of uncertainty and interest about the outcome of certain actions -- most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work.
-Dialogue is a conversation between two or more persons
"Alex," my mother asked, "What were your activities and pursuits at your middle school today?"
"I had a full day of activities, Mother. My teachers were stimulating, and my English class was especially delightful."
Style is how story is written. Writers have their own style;
their own way of writing that is unique to them. A writer's style is made up of
a number of elements including, narrative point of view, sentence structure,
paragraph structure, dialogue, form, language and literary techniques/devices,
tone, and symbolism.
-Point of View: A story can be told in many ways, for
every narrator will see things from a different point of view. The narrator is
the entity within a story that tells the story to the
reader.
First-person narrative:
In a first person narrative, the narrator is a character in the story. This type
of narrator is usually noticeable for its use of the first-person pronoun, "I".
For example. "I
could picture it.
Second-person narrative: In this case, the narrator is supposedly the reader,
and refers to itself with the second person pronoun, 'You.' This is the rarest
of the points of view.
Third-person narrative:
There are two types of this third-person narrators. The third-person,
limited uses the third person
pronouns (he, she it). The plot centers around a protagonist and covers
only that with which the character is involved.
Third person, omniscient: The third person, omniscient narrator is very
similar to the third person, limited narrator. This narrator is also
disembodied, takes no actions, casts no judgments, expresses no opinions and
has no physical form in or out of the story.
But, being
omniscient, it witnesses all events happening to all characters, and
events that no characters witness. It is privy to all things past and present
as well as the thoughts of all characters. Some people compare this
omniscient narrator to God.
Identify the points of view on the
following pages in A Comprehensive English Course CXC English A
pages 39, 26, 34, 40
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