Point of View/Setting flash cards

Set: Point of View/Setting

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	Term	Definition
	narrator	the speaker or the one from whom the story is told
	point of view	to identify the narrator of a story, describing any part he or she plays in the events and any limitations placed upon his or her knowledge is to identify this
	omniscient narrator	the narrator sees into the minds of all (or some) of the characters, moving when necessary from one to another
	editorial	when a narrator add occasional comment or opinion
	impartial omniscience	when a narrator is being non-judgmental
	limited or selective omniscience	when a non-participatory narrator sees events through the eyes of a single character (major or minor)
	objective point of view	the narrator does not enter the mind of any character but describes events from the outside
	innocent or naive narrator	a participatory narrator who fails to understand all the implications of a story
	stream of consciousness	a kind of selective omniscience: the presentation of thoughts and sense impressions in a life-like fashion - randomly
	interior monologue	an extended presentation of a character's thoughts, not in the helter-skelter order of stream of consciousness
	setting	the time and place of a story
	locale	a term that refers to place
	naturalism	fiction of grim realism, in which the writer observes human characters like a scientist studying ants, seeing them as the products and victims of environment and heredity

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