LITERARY TERMS
In media res the technique of starting a story ‘in the middle’, with events already going on, letting necessary information emerge as the story progresses. Motif an aspect of the text which recurs frequently, such as a word, phrase, image, incident or character. Foil a character who illuminates by contrast some aspects of a more central character. Free indirect discourse a technique of narrating the thoughts or speech of a character by incorporating their words or ideas into third-person narrative.
LITERARY TERMS
In media res the technique of starting a story ‘in the middle’, with events already going on, letting necessary information emerge as the story progresses. Motif an aspect of the text which recurs frequently, such as a word, phrase, image, incident or character. Foil a character who illuminates by contrast some aspects of a more central character. Free indirect discourse a technique of narrating the thoughts or speech of a character by incorporating their words or ideas into third-person narrative.