Talking About Stories. Theoretical Preliminaries. The Plan for Rendering the Story. Some Helpful Questions for Further Text Analysis, страница 8

the story may be called a revelation/ solution/ decision/ explanation story according to/ judging from the climax, etc.

the story opens with a dialogue/ description/ scene...

the structure of the story is simple and clear

the turning point is ...

the use of ... contributes to ...

this event at the point of highest tension and drama/ the climactic event is...

this event serves as the climax of the story/ the climax comes at the end of the story when ...

this makes the climax of the story a surprise ending

this serves the purpose of .../ makes the narrative/ has the effect of/ results in/ is the cause of ...

to arouse the reader’s excitement/ curiosity/ concern/ emotions, etc.

to excite one’s mind/ to touch one's heart/ to stir one’s imagination

to interest/ captivate/ charm/ attract/ enthral/ mesmerize/ absorb/ intrigue/ move/ fascinate/ involve/ affect, etc, the reader

5. POINT OF VIEW

one of the advantages of this kind of narration/ point of view is...

the lst person narration increases the immediacy and freshness of impression

the author deviates from the subject of the narrative

the author gives a detailed analysis of the character’s actions/ motives

the author gives us different versions of the events changing the point of view/ the narrator

the author lets the character speak for himself/ demonstrate his features

the author uses a/ an ... narrator/ point of view/ narrative method to tell the story

the author uses this figure of speech to emphasise ...

the author’s standpoint is ...

the characters are described from the outside only

the dialogues/ descriptions play an important role in the story

the dominant point of view is ...

the events are narrated in the 1st person

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the events are shown/ related/ filtered through somebody’s perception

the information is presented through the eyes of a minor/ the main character

the inner world of the character is in the focus of interest

the main form of presentation is narration with some elements of dialogue/ description

the narrator addresses the reader directly/ confides his personal thoughts to the reader

the narrator enters the mind of/ shares the viewpoint of ...

the narrator has a distinct identity of his own

the narrator is nonparticipant/ in the thick of the action

the narrator misinterprets the events in the story

the narrator provides the reader with direct assessment of the events

the narrator reveals the characters’ thoughts/ the personality of ...

the “point of view” character is ...

the reader adopts the author's point of view

the reader is made to pronounce his own judgements

the reader is stimulated to reflect about the events of the story

the story is a deep psychological analysis/ a study of actions and events/ an outside observation of the events, etc.

the story is narrated/ told by a character who ...

the story is presented in the form of a dialogue/ of narration/ description

the story is told from the 3rd person point of view/ the story is 3rd person narration

the story is told from the point of view of an omniscient narrator/ objective narrator (onlooker/ observer)

the story is told in the first person, which creates a sense of intimacy because ...

the story is told in the third person, which allows the reader to ...

the story told from this point of view is more confiding/ more objective/ extremely convincing, etc.

this point of view brings a personal touch to the story

this point of view exposes the reader to the thoughts of ...

this type of narration allows the reader access to the inner world of ...

this type of narration creates the effect of verisimilitude

to create a strong sense of the character’s inner reality

to deepen the reader’s understanding of the story