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First-Person Narration

Definition

First-person narration is when a story is told from the perspective of a character within the story, using pronouns like "I" and "me." It allows readers to experience events through the eyes of that character.

Analogy

Imagine you're watching a movie where the camera is attached to one character's head. You see everything they see, hear what they hear, and feel what they feel. That's first-person narration!

Related terms

Stream of Consciousness: This term refers to a narrative technique that presents thoughts and feelings in a continuous flow, without any logical structure or organization.

Unreliable Narrator: An unreliable narrator is a character who tells the story but cannot be fully trusted due to their limited knowledge, bias, or tendency to lie.

Interior Monologue: Interior monologue is an extended passage in which a character's thoughts are presented directly on the page, as if we were reading their mind.