"Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience."
The perspective from which a story is told, including first-person, third-person limited, and third-person omniscient.
Types of Point of View: Understanding the different types of point of view, such as first person, second person, and third person, and their variations.
Perspective: Understanding the perspective of the narrator or the character telling the story, which shapes the way the story is told.
Character Development: Understanding how point of view affects character development, including how it impacts the reader's perception of the character, and how it influences the character's actions and decisions within the story.
Voice: Understanding the unique voice of the narrator, which can be influenced by point of view, and its impact on the story.
Limitations: Understanding the limitations of point of view, including its ability to influence the reader's perception of events and characters within the story.
Unreliable Narrators: Understanding the concept of unreliable narrators, and how they can create dramatic tension and uncertainty in a story.
Narrative Distance: Understanding how the distance between the narrator and the events of the story can affect the reader's perception of the story.
Time: Understanding how point of view affects the way time is represented within the story, including flashbacks and flash-forwards.
Audience: Understanding the intended audience and how point of view can affect how the story is received by different readers.
Style: Understanding how point of view can influence the overall style and tone of the story, including its impact on language, pacing, and structure.
First Person POV: In this POV, the narrator is a character who is telling the story from their own perspective using "I" and "we" pronouns.
Second Person POV: This POV is rare in fiction writing. The narrator addresses the reader directly using "you" pronoun.
Third Person Limited POV: In this POV, the narrator is not a character of the story but rather an outside observer who is limited to the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
Third Person Omniscient POV: Similar to the third person limited, the narrator is not a character of the story but rather an outside observer who has access to the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
Third Person Objective POV: In this POV, the narrator is not a character of the story and does not reveal any character's thoughts, feelings, or emotions. The narration is purely objective.
Third Person Dramatic POV: In this POV, the narrator is an outside observer who does not reveal any character's internal workings but relies solely on the dialogue and actions to tell the story.
Stream of Consciousness POV: In this POV, the narrator conveys the character's thoughts and emotions as they happen, without any filtering or interpretation.
Multiple POV: In this POV, the story is told from the perspectives of multiple characters, with each chapter or section focusing on a different character's POV.
Unreliable POV: In this POV, the narrator is not trustworthy, and the reader must make their own conclusions about the story.
Objectively Biased POV: In this POV, the narrator has a bias or agenda that colors their perception of the events and characters they are describing.
"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."
"However, narration is merely optional in most other storytelling formats, such as films, plays, television shows, and video games, in which the story can be conveyed through other means, like dialogue between characters or visual action."
"Narration is a required element of all written stories (novels, short stories, poems, memoirs, etc.), presenting the story in its entirety."
"The narrative mode... encompasses the set of choices through which the creator of the story develops their narrator and narration."
"Narrative point of view, perspective, or voice: the choice of grammatical person used by the narrator to establish whether or not the narrator and the audience are participants in the story."
"Narrative tense: the choice of either the past or present grammatical tense to establish either the prior completion or current immediacy of the plot."
"Narrative technique: any of the various other methods chosen to help narrate a story, such as establishing the story's setting... developing characters, exploring themes... structuring the plot... employing certain linguistic styles, and using various other storytelling devices."
"Thus, narration includes both who tells the story and how the story is told."
"The narrator may be anonymous and unspecified, or a character appearing and participating within their own story."
"The author themself as a character."
"The narrator may merely relate the story to the audience without being involved in the plot."
"The narrator may have varied awareness of characters' thoughts and distant events."
"Some stories have multiple narrators to illustrate the storylines of various characters at various times, creating a story with a complex perspective."
"Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience."
"Narration is merely optional in most other storytelling formats, such as films, plays, television shows, and video games, in which the story can be conveyed through other means, like dialogue between characters or visual action."
"The set of choices through which the creator of the story develops their narrator and narration."
"The choice of either the past or present grammatical tense to establish either the prior completion or current immediacy of the plot."
"Narrative technique: any of the various other methods chosen to help narrate a story, such as establishing the story's setting... developing characters, exploring themes... structuring the plot... employing certain linguistic styles, and using various other storytelling devices."
"Some stories have multiple narrators to illustrate the storylines of various characters at various times, creating a story with a complex perspective." (Note: The above quotes have been selected and placed based on content relevance to each question, but some quotes have been slightly modified for conciseness and clarity.)