(1)First-Person 😊
The narrator is the story's protagonist.
(6)Stage manager
This technique utilizes a character who comments omniscient.
(5)Historical
This form is grounded in a real context and relies heavily on setting and factual detail.
(10)Contemporary allusions
These are often lost when the current context is no longer in the public eye.
(15)Allusion
An allusion is a reference to another work, concept, or situation which generally enhances the meaning of the work that is citing it.
(2)Third-person omniscient
The narrator is an onlooker reporting the story.
(1)Epistolary
These novels utilize the convention of letter writing and are among the earliest novel forms.
(6)Romantic
This novel form is idealistic, imaginative, and adventuresome. The romantic hero is the cornerstone of the novel.
(11)Ambiguity
This is the seemingly incongruous and contradictory interpretations of meaning in a work.
(16)Mythological allusions
These often cite specific characters. The beauty of Aphrodite or the power of Zeus.
(3)Third-person omniscient
The narrator reports the story and provides information unknown to the character(s).
(2)Picaresque
This early, episodic novel form concentrates on the misadventures of a young rogue.
(7)Allegorical
This type of novel is representative and symbolic. It operates on at least two levels. Its specifics correspond to another concept.
(12)Allegory
A work that operates on another level.The characters and events may be interpreted for both literal and symbolic meaning.
(17)Biblical allusions
References may deal with circumstances as familiar as "the mark of Cain" "the fall of paradise."
(4)Stream of consciousness
This is a narrative technique that places the reader in the mind and thought processes of the narrator, no matter how random and spontaneous that may be.
(3)Autobiographical
This really identifiable type is always told in the first person and allows the reader to directly interact with the protagonist.
(8)Connotation
This is the implication that is suggested by a word or phrase rather than the word or phrase's actual, literal meaning.
(13)Parable
A parable is an allegorical story that is intended to teach. It generally provides a moral lesson or illustrates a guiding principle.
(18)Literary allusions
Often works will refer to other well known pieces. For example, describing a character as "quixotic" refers to Don Quixote.
(5)Chorus
Ancient Greek plays unemployed a chorus as a narrative device. The chorus, as needed, could be a character, an assembly, the playwright's voice, the audience,an omniscient forecaster.
(4)Gothic
This type of novel is concerned with the macabre,supernatural, and exotic.
(9)Denotation
The literal meaning of a word or phrase. If a reader Is attempting to present a valid interpretation of a literary work, he or she must pay attention to both the denotation and the connotation of the language.
(14)Symbol
This is an image that also represents something else. Some symbols appear to be extremely specific.
(19)Political allusions
These references would be sustained in works like Gulliver's Travels or Alice in Wonderland. If a character were called the next Julius Caesar, we might sense that he would be betrayed in some manner.