Tapia
This narrative technique gives hints or clues that suggest what may happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
This narrative technique shows a character's thoughts, emotions, and memories as they naturally flow through their mind.
What is stream of consciousness?
This narrative technique takes the reader back to an earlier event that happened before the current timeline of the story.
What is flashback?
“While looking at the old photograph, remembered the summer when his family moved to a new town.”
Which narrative technique is used?
What is flashback?
“As Rence left for school, his father handed him a flashlight and said, "You'll be glad you brought this."
What type of narrative style is this?
What is foreshadowing?
Which of these sentences uses stream of consciousness?
A. "Maria entered the room and placed her bag on the chair."
B. "The room looked familiar because she had visited it years ago."
C. "Why is everyone staring? Did I say something wrong? Maybe I should leave. No, stay calm."
What is C?
“A novel begins with a detective solving a crime. Later, a flashback reveals that the detective once knew the victim.”
How does this flashback change the reader's understanding of the story?
What is to create curiosity for the audience to further find out more important information about the victim?
“A writer wants readers to experience a character's panic during an important speech.”
Why would stream of consciousness be more effective than simply saying, "The character was nervous”?
What is to add more depth and make the scene more interesting and understandable?
“An author begins a story with a broken bridge that everyone in town avoids. Later, the main character must cross it to escape danger.”
Explain how the broken bridge functions in the story.
What is to act as a hint to what the protagonist’s problem will be in the future?
"The door. It's open. It wasn't open before. Did someone come in? No, impossible. I locked it. Unless I didn't. Why can't I remember? Move. Just move. But what if—"
Analyze 2 writing choices that make this stream of consciousness and explain their effect on the reader.
What is the repeated words, constant doubt and to let the reader’s know that they’re having a difficult time on deciding what to do?
"The town celebrated the hero's return, but the narrator kept on repeating in the story that the hero never removed his gloves. Years later, everyone discovered the gloves hid the signature tattoo of the antagonist.”
Explain how the author uses foreshadowing & why this technique is more effective than directly revealing the truth.
What is to create suspense and draw the audience’s attention up until the plot twist?
“A story starts with a character standing beside a grave. The author does not reveal whose grave it is. Ten chapters later, a flashback shows the final conversation between the character and the person who died.”
Why did the author place the flashback later instead of showing the event immediately?
What is to create anticipation and story build up before that sudden reveal of their last conversation?