Narrative Literary Terms for AP Literature Flashcards
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| 7121362597 | Point of View | The way the author allows you to "see" and "hear" what's going on. | 0 | |
| 7121362598 | First Person Narration | When a character narrates the story with: I-me-my-mine in his/her speech. | 1 | |
| 7121363265 | Third Person Narration | An outsider looking at the action'; the author's voice; is what readers hear in the descriptive passages. | 2 | |
| 7121364872 | Omniscient Narration | Where the thoughts of every character are open to the reader. | 3 | |
| 7121367212 | Limited Omniscient Narration | Where the reader enters only one character''s mind either throughout the entire work or specific section. | 4 | |
| 7121367885 | Free Indirect Discourse | A big chunky phrase that describes a special type of third-person narration that slips in and out of characters' consciousness. | 5 | |
| 7121367886 | Objective Narration | The action and the characters' thoughts, without comment or emotion. The reader has to interpret them and uncover their meaning. | 6 | |
| 7121368701 | Unreliable Narrator | Can be first or third person, but presents the story at least partially incorrectly. | 7 | |
| 7121369189 | Stream of Consciousness | A method of narration that describes in words the flow of thoughts in the minds of the characters. | 8 |