Focus Shift, A deliberate change in the narrative's focus or perspective. Example: moving from setting to character, or inside to outside., Zooming, When the writer moves from a broad view to focus in on key details/descriptions and vice versa., Flashback, The narrative shifts to an earlier moment in time to provide context., Flashforward, The narrative shifts to future events to reveal outcomes/important information., Dialogue, To show speech between characters, revealing character relationships and to move the plot forward., First-Person Narrator, The story is told using “I” or “we.” We see events through the narrator’s own thoughts, feelings, and experiences., Second-Person Narrator, The narrator addresses the reader as “you.” It pulls the reader directly into the action and can create an immersive or unsettling effect., Third-Person Narrator, The story is told using “he,” “she,” “they,” or characters’ names. The narrator can relay the thoughts, feelings or motivations of more than one character..

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