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  2. Free indirect speech - Wikipedia

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    Free indirect discourse can be described as a "technique of presenting a character's voice partly mediated by the voice of the author". In the words of the French narrative theorist Gérard Genette, "the narrator takes on the speech of the character, or, if one prefers, the character speaks through the voice of the narrator, and the two instances then are merged". [1]

  3. List of narrative techniques - Wikipedia

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    Third-person narration: A text written as if by an impersonal narrator who is not affected by the events in the story. Can be omniscient or limited, the latter usually being tied to a specific character, a group of characters, or a location. A Song of Ice and Fire is written in multiple limited third-person narrators that change with each chapter.

  4. Narration - Wikipedia

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    Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience. [1] Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the audience, particularly about the plot: the series of events.

  5. Focalisation - Wikipedia

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    In narratology, focalisation is the perspective through which a narrative is presented, as opposed to an omniscient narrator. [1] Coined by French narrative theorist Gérard Genette, his definition distinguishes between internal focalisation (first-person) and external focalisation (third-person, fixed on the actions of and environments around a character), with zero focalisation representing ...

  6. Point-of-view shot - Wikipedia

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    Point-of-view, or simply p.o.v., camera angles record the scene from a particular player's viewpoint. The point-of-view is an objective angle, but since it falls between the objective and subjective angle, it should be placed in a separate category and given special consideration. A point-of-view shot is as close as an objective shot can ...

  7. Third person - Wikipedia

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    Third-person view, a point of view in video games where the camera is positioned above the player character or characters; Third-person (video games), a graphical perspective used in video games Third-person shooter, a genre of 3D shooters with a third-person point of view; The Third Person, a graphic novel by Emma Grove; Third Person (band), a ...

  8. Category:Third-person narrative novels - Wikipedia

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    This category contains articles about novels which use a third-person narrative structure; a mode of storytelling in which the narration refers to all characters with third person pronouns like he, she, or they, and never first- or second-person pronouns. The narrator can be omniscient or limited

  9. Narrative - Wikipedia

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    It includes the scope of information presented or withheld, the type or style of language used, the channel or medium through which the story is presented, the way and extent to which narrative exposition and other types of commentary are communicated, and the overall point of view or perspective. An example of narrative perspective is a first ...