Unit 1 - Literary Terms (#2) 

a fictional character or speaker who tells the story 

is the role the narrator plays and his or her level of knowledge 

is cast as a participant in the events of the story 

participants in the action of the story, but not as the protagonist.  

does not appear in the story as a character 

an all-knowing narrator; they see into the minds of any or all of the characters 

is all-knowing and comments on the action 

is all-knowing, but does NOT comments on the action 

a non-participant narrator who only sees through the eyes of one character 

the narrator does not enter the mind of any character, but describes events from the outside 

a character/narrator who fails to understand all the implications of the story 

a narrator who is deceptive, self-deceptive; deluded, or deranged 

a procession of thoughts passing through the mind 

a presentation of a character's thoughts which is more orderly than SOC 

a narrator that knows everything; every characters' thoughts 

archetypes; known by 1 outstanding trait 

an imaged person who inhabits a story 

AKA static; 1 distinguishing characteristic; they do not change 

AKA dynamic; many characteristics; they change 

a reference to some famous person, place, or thing 

a protagonist lacking 1 or more attributes of a tradional hero1

the cause of a characters' actions