Author's Techniques

interrupting the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time

Writer centered- the attitude a writer takes towards the subject or the reader

The narrator is an outside observer who can tell us all thoughts and feelings of the characters

When the narrative is told from the perspective  "I"

The narrator is an outside observer that focuses on only 1 or 2 characters

The narrator reports the facts and seems to be a neutral and outside observer.

The anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in the story

Rarely used in fiction, but it is found in non-fiction

Hints or clues suggesting what may happen later in the story

An ending to a section, chapter, or book that leaves the reader in suspence

the overall feeling or atmosphere created by a work of literature