Vivid Description of Details
Vivid Description of Details
Vivid Description of Details
NARRATIVE DEVICES
WITH THESE DEVICES, AN AUTHOR CAN SHORTEN, LENGTHEN, AND/OR FOCUS ON
A PARTICULAR EVENT IN THE STORY.
ANECDOTE
IT CANBE USED AS INTRODUCTION TO AN ESSAY, AS AN EXAMPLE TO ILLUSTRATE
POINT, OR AS CLOSING STATEMENT THAT CAPS THNGS OFF NICELY IN YOUR ESSAY
OR AS MEMENTO TO YOUR READER THAT WILL MAKE HIM/HER REMEMBER YOUR
NARRATIVE.
FLASHBACK
AS THE WORD ITSELF SUGGESTS, YOU ARE “FLASHING BACK” OR QUICKLY LOOKING
BACK AT SOMETHING THAT HAD ALREADY HAPPENED. IT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE
FOCUS OF THE STORY; RATHER, MORE OF AN ADDITION TO EXPLAIN OR TO
ELABORATE ON A POINT MADE BY THE WRITER IN THE NARRATIVE.
TIME STRETCH
IN THE DAY THE DANCERS CAME, THE SCENE IN WHICH FIL IS IN THE HAMILTON
HOTEL TO GREET THE DANCERS CAN BE COSIDERED AS AN EXAMPLE OF TIME
STRETCH. DANTOS DEDICATED AT LEAST A PAGE TO DESCRIBE HOW FIL FELT LIKE
AN OUTSIDER- AN OUTCAST, AN ALIEN, A LONELY OLD-TIMER AMIDST FELLOW
COUNTRYMEN- IN A SINGLE SCENE. THERE WAS NOT ONLY A NARRATION OF
EVENTS, BUT ALSO DIALOUGE.
FLASHFORWARD
IT IS “FLASHING FORWARD” OR QUICKLY LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT WILL
HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. SIMILAR TO A PRIMARY PURPOSE OF FLASHBACK, A
FLASHFORWARDIS INCLUDED IN A NARRATIVE TO ADD MEANING TO THE STORY.