ROW 1
Narrator
Someone who accounts a narrative or tells a story.
Voice
Verbal quality of narration.
Focus
Visual angle of narration.
Uses we
Second Person Narrator
Has access to thoughts, perceptions, or experiences of more than one character.
Unlimited Narrator
Point of View
Both voice and focus
Uses he/she/they
Third Person Narrator
Central Consciousness
Focal character.
First Person Narrator
Singular narration where the narrator uses the pronoun I.
A listener within the fiction whose possible reaction is part of the story.
Auditor.
Discrepancies or gaps between vision and voice, intentions and understandings, or expectations and outcomes.
Irony
Especially effective at producing irony.
Unreliable Narrator
Limited Narrator
An external, third person narrator who tells the story from a distinct point of view, usually that of a single character. Expresses character's thoughts and relating action from his/her perspective.
Does not explicitly report characters thoughts and feelings, but may obliquely suggest them through the character’s speech and actions.
Objective Narrator
The perspective and intended values that govern the whole work, including the narrator.
Implied Author