Types of Narrator A Few Basic Types. Participant Writes in first person May be a major or a minor...
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Types of Narrator
A Few Basic Types
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Participant
Writes in first person May be a major or a minor character
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Types of Participant Narrators
Innocent Narrator- Does not understand the implications of the events, but reports them.
Unreliable Narrator- May not be believable due to deception, delusion, or derangement.
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Non- Participant
Writes in third person Can possess different levels of
knowledge of characters: Omniscient- Sees into the mind of all
the characters. Limited Omniscience- Sees events
through the eyes of one character. Objective- Does not enter the mind of
any character; an outside observer.
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In Class Writing
A Rose for Emily Answer question 4 on pg 35, book 1
The Tell-Tale Heart In this Poe classic, the paranoid narrator could
be seen as somewhat comic and amusing even though this is a tale of horror. Sometimes, humor and horror are not far apart. Can you think of a time in your life that you were scared, but your response seemed inappropriate? (Ex: Laughing when about to be punished)