Narration Synthesis Scheme

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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