NARRATIVE

THE DAY THE DANCERS CAME

Bienvenido N. Santos
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 NARRATION
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 IT IS A SEQUENCE OF EVENT
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 EFFECTIVE NARRATIVE
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NARRATIVE AGAIN.
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CONSISTENT POINT OF VIEW (POV)

 THIRD PERSON POINT OF VIEW

 GENERALLY USED TO CONVEY THE
NARRATOR AS OMNISCIENT AND
DISPASSIONATE OBSERVER.
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 NEEDED TO MAKE CLEAR TO THE READER

WHETHER THE STORY IN THE NARRATIVE
HAD ALREADY HAPPENED, HAS BEEN
HAPPENING FOR SOME TIME NOW,
HAPPENS ON A REGULAR BASIS, IS
CURRENTLY HAPPENING AND WILL DO SO
INDEFINITELY, OR WILL HAPPEN SOMETIME
IN THE FUTURE.
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SIGNIFICANT
 IN ANY NARRATIVE IS SOMETHING AKIN TO THE LITERARY ELEMENT WE
CALL THEME.

 THEME
 UNIFYING THOUGHT OR IDEA BORN OUT OF ALL THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF
THE STORY

 THE DAY THE DANCERS CAME

 LONGING FOR THE HOMELAND
NARRATIVE DEVICES

TO ADD FLAVOR AND ENRICH

THE MEANING OF THEIR STORIES
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BRIEFNARRATIVE THAT ARE
WRITTEN FROM THE WRITER’S
MEMORY
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 AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST
TIME STRETCH

 SINGLE EVENT IN THE STORY THAT THE AUTHORS FOCUSESWRITING

ABOUT
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 AS OPPOSED TO A TIME STRETC

 CHARACTERIZED BY JAMMING TOGETHER MULTIPLE EVENTS AND/OR
SHORTENING A RELATIVELY LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

 SUCH AS:
 “IN A SINGLE DAY……” , “OVERNIGHT…” , “AFTER THE WINTER
SEASON….” , “AFTER AROUND A WEEK OR SO…..” , “ A FEW YEARS
LATER…..” , ETC.
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 OPPOSED TO FLASHBACK
 FLASHFORWARD IS AN EVENT THAT HAS YET TO HAPPEN IN THE STORY
DIALOUGE
A NARRATIVE NOT ONLY HAVE A
NARRATOR WHO TELLS A STORY IN
ACCORDANCE TO HOW HE/SHE OBSERVES
A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. WRITERS ALSO
INCLUDE DIALOUGES, A WORD OR SERIES
OF WORDS ENCLOSED IN A PAIR OF
QUOTATION MARKS, WHICH SIGNAL THE
CHARACTERS’ SPOKEN LANGUAGE.