Characters:
• Main characters: protagonists x antagonists.
• Secondary characters: helpers or helpers.
Character presentation:
• Direct: description of physical and/or psychological traits.
• Indirect: actions, behaviors, events experienced by the characters, speeches.
Speech:
• Direct
• Indirect
• Free indirect
Plot:
• Linear: beginning – middle – end – events are continuous.
• Non-linear: temporal discontinuity, cuts or jumps in the sequence of actions, break in the logical and chronological continuity of events.
• Chronological: clock time, objectively marked.
• Psychological: inner duration of experiences.
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Narrative Focus:
• Narrator-character: 1st person
• Narrator-observer: 3rd person
• Omniscient Narrator: 3rd and 1st people.
By Marina Cabral
Specialist in Portuguese Language and Literature
Brazil School Team
Narration - Essay - Brazil School
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SILVA, Marina Cabral da. "Synthesis of Narration";
Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/redacao/esquemasintese-narracao.htm. Accessed on June 27, 2021.