Narrator and Voice Who’s Talking?

1. Narrator Meaning – The narrator is the person telling the story. The story is told from his point of view. Point of view is the way that you see something.

2. Omniscient Point of View Omniscient means all knowing The narrator knows everything about the story and characters. The narrator is not one of the characters.

3. First-Person Narrator The narrator is a character in the story who is experiencing the events first-hand. He refers to himself as I or me. Some first-person narrators are credible, or believable. Others are unreliable, meaning they cannot be trusted.

4. Third-Person-Limited Narrator A third-person-limited narrator knows everything (like an omniscient narrator) and is not a character in the story, however, the narrator limits his focus to a single character.

5. Diction Dic-tion Meaning – Diction is the writer’s word choice.

6. Tone Meaning – Tone is the writer’s attitude in the story. A story’s tone can be: Cheerful Scary Sad Angry Humorous

7. Voice Meaning – The writer’s overall style based on his tone and diction.

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