Literary techniques

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Normalising

Literature; Literary techniques

The power of narrative form, and particularly of masterplots, to convey a sense of reality or truth.

Omniscient narration

Literature; Literary techniques

Narration by a narrator assumed to know everything connected with the storey narrated.

Third-personnarration in whicha character's thoughts or expressions are presented in the character's voice without being set off by quotation marks or the usual addition of phrases like "he thought" ...

First-person narration

Literature; Literary techniques

Conventionally, narration by a character who plays a role in the storey narrated.

Forking-path narrative

Literature; Literary techniques

Narrative in which two or more incompatible worlds cohabit in the same diegetic level.

Electronic narrative

Literature; Literary techniques

Now used primarily to refer to narrative forms that take advantage of computer and on-line technology to achieve effects unique to these media. These include, notably, effects enabled by the ...