Blog Post One-Reading Assignment

Here we go Stephanie. Not really sure how to start these blogs but here goes nothing. When I read the assignment out of the book, most of it was a review from me. I remembered most of the terms from my high school literature class. I did learn a few new things about the skin and bones of novels and short stories though. I found it very interesting that the novel came from Italy. I also liked the French words for open and closed endings of movies or stories. I also learned that the use of an "omniscient" narrator is used frequently in any type of story. I didn’t know that narrators only spoke in first or third person. A first person narrator is a participant in the story or play. He or she can be a major or minor character. A third person narrator is a non-participant but is a voice of authority. They move from place to place to describe actions or repeat dialogue if needed. An unreliable narrator relates events in a distorted manner, which in turn confuses the audience or reader.I enjoyed reading about the different types of characters. I’ve never heard of a character being considered round or flat or static or dynamic. Flat characters require a stereotype to describe them more in depth but only require one trait. Round characters are given one or more traits to describe the characters. A static character's personality never changes throughout the story. A dynamic character is one that changes throughout the story. The other type of character is the stock character which is mainly used for stand-ins for the different scenes.