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    The document describes different types of narration in stories: the protagonist narrates from their own perspective; the secondary character narrates as someone close to the protagonist but not the main hero; the detached observer narrates in third person without inserting their own opinions; the commentator narrates by adding commentary without being a character in the story; the interviewer narrates by collecting details after interviewing characters; the secret character narrates in third person but is eventually revealed to be a character in the story; and the unreliable narrator has a flawed or biased point of view that makes their account unreliable.

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    The document describes different types of narration in stories: the protagonist narrates from their own perspective; the secondary character narrates as someone close to the protagonist but not the main hero; the detached observer narrates in third person without inserting their own opinions; the commentator narrates by adding commentary without being a character in the story; the interviewer narrates by collecting details after interviewing characters; the secret character narrates in third person but is eventually revealed to be a character in the story; and the unreliable narrator has a flawed or biased point of view that makes their account unreliable.

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    The document describes different types of narration in stories: the protagonist narrates from their own perspective; the secondary character narrates as someone close to the protagonist but not the main hero; the detached observer narrates in third person without inserting their own opinions; the commentator narrates by adding commentary without being a character in the story; the interviewer narrates by collecting details after interviewing characters; the secret character narrates in third person but is eventually revealed to be a character in the story; and the unreliable narrator has a flawed or biased point of view that makes their account unreliable.

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    TYPES OF NARRATION

    The
    Protagonist

    Relatively straightforward, this is a story the hero


    narrates. Hell narrate the same way he talks, but
    with more description and perhaps better grammar.
    The reader is privy to all his thoughts and opinions,
    which means we get to know the hero faster, and
    often relate to him more easily.

    The
    Secondary
    Character
    The
    Detached
    Observer
    The
    Commenta
    tor
    The
    Interviewer
    The Secret
    Character

    Someone close to the protagonist, but not the main


    hero. The same things in the above type apply to this
    type, but the focus of the story moves away from the
    narrator.

    The

    Usually first person, but occasionally third, an


    unreliable narrator has a flawed point of view. That is,
    the writer intentionally made him biased,

    A detached third person narrator sticks to telling the


    story, and never inserts his own opinionsnever slips
    in an I or a me except in direct dialogue.

    This type never physically enters the story, but freely


    adds in his own amusing commentary. Allows voice
    without the complication of using an existing
    character.

    This type has collected the details of the story after it


    happened, such as by interviewing the characters.

    Sometimes a narrator only pretends to be removed


    from the storythey may refer to themselves in third
    person right up to the end, but will eventually be
    mentioned by some other character, or revealed to
    be a major character, even the villain, for an extrapleasing plot twist.

    Unreliable
    Narrator

    misinformed, insane

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