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  2. First-person narrative - Wikipedia

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    The narrator is still distinct from the author and must behave like any other character and any other first-person narrator. Examples of this kind of narrator include Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. in Timequake (in this case, the first-person narrator is also the author). In some cases, the narrator is writing a ...

  3. Wikipedia:Describing points of view - Wikipedia

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    At Wikipedia, points of view (POVs) – cognitive perspectives – are often essential to articles which treat controversial subjects. Wikipedia's official "Neutral Point of View" (NPOV) policy does not mean that all the POVs of all the Wikipedia editors have to be represented. Rather, the article should represent the POVs of the main scholars ...

  4. Essay - Wikipedia

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    When creating a narrative, authors must determine their purpose, consider their audience, establish their point of view, use dialogue, and organize the narrative. A narrative is usually arranged chronologically. [22]

  5. Category:First-person narrative novels - Wikipedia

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    This category contains articles about novels which use a first-person narrative structure; a mode of storytelling in which a storyteller recounts events from their own point of view using the first person i.e. "I" or "we", etc.

  6. Point of view - Wikipedia

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    The Point of View of My Work as an Author, an 1859 philosophical autobiography by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard "Point of View" (short story), by Isaac Asimov published in 1979; Points of View, an essay by W. Somerset Maugham; Point of View, national magazine of the Documentary Organization of Canada

  7. Point of view (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    In philosophy, a point of view is a specific attitude or manner through which a person thinks about something. [1] This figurative usage of the expression dates back to 1730. [ 1 ] In this meaning, the usage is synonymous with one of the meanings of the term perspective [ 2 ] [ 3 ] (also epistemic perspective ).

  8. Fiction writing - Wikipedia

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    Fiction writing is the composition of non-factual prose texts. Fictional writing often is produced as a story meant to entertain or convey an author's point of view. The result of this may be a short story, novel, novella, screenplay, or drama, which are all types (though not the only types) of fictional writing styles.

  9. Persuasive writing - Wikipedia

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    Persuasive writing is a form of written arguments designed to convince, motivate, or sway readers toward a specific point of view or opinion on a given topic. This writing style relies on presenting reasoned opinions supported by evidence that substantiates the central thesis.