"A narrative technique is any of several specific methods the creator of a narrative uses to convey what they want."
Fundamental attributes of any literary work including plot, character, theme, point of view, setting, and tone.
Plot: The sequence of events that make up a story.
Setting: The time and place in which a story takes place.
Characterization: The process through which an author reveals the personality and traits of a character in a story.
Point of view: The perspective from which a story is told.
Theme: The central idea, message, or moral of a story.
Symbolism: The use of objects or actions to represent ideas or qualities.
Irony: A literary device in which there is a discrepancy between what is said and what is meant or between what is expected and what actually happens.
Foreshadowing: A literary device in which an author provides clues or hints about what will happen later in a story.
Imagery: The use of language and sensory details to create vivid mental pictures or images.
Figurative language: The use of language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to create imagery or convey abstract ideas.
Allusion: A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of literature.
Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two things that are essentially unlike.
Simile: A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two things using 'like' or 'as'.
Hyperbole: A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.
Personification: A figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to non-human things.
"A strategy used in making a narrative to relay information to the audience and particularly to develop the narrative, usually in order to make it more complete, complex, or interesting."
"A literary technique, literary device, or fictional device."
"Narrative techniques are distinguished from narrative elements, which exist inherently in all works of narrative."
"A narrative technique is used to develop the narrative and make it more complete, complex, or interesting."
"A strategy used in the making of a narrative to relay information to the audience and particularly to develop the narrative."
"...usually in order to make it more complete, complex, or interesting."
"Some scholars also call this technique a narrative mode..."
"...this term can also more narrowly refer to the particular technique of using a commentary to tell a story."
"A strategy used in the making of a narrative to relay information to the audience."
"...to convey what they want."
"Narrative techniques exist inherently in all works of narrative."
"A strategy used in the making of a narrative to make it more complete, complex, or interesting."
"A literary technique, literary device, or fictional device."
"A narrative technique is any of several specific methods..."
"...to make it more complete, complex, or interesting."
"A strategy used in the making of a narrative to develop the narrative."
"A literary technique, literary device, or fictional device."
"A strategy used in the making of a narrative to relay information to the audience."
"...usually in order to make it more complete, complex, or interesting."