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a narrator that acts as an observer to the story. Such a narrator may be either limited or omniscient. A limited third person narrator presents the unfolding of events as from the point of view (through the eyes) of a particular character, even though this character does not speak as the I or first person, e.g. James in The Ambassadors. An omniscient narrator is all-knowing, with a view into all the thoughts and motivations of the characters and can guide the reader, e.g. Dickens in the Tale of Two Cities.
when a pair of commas acts in the same way as brackets or a dash and extra information is placed...
used for modal verbs, which express possibility or a sense of obligation, e.g. I ought to go and...
a pronoun that takes the place of peopleâ??s names, e.g. he, she.
a female character in a literary work, often the protagonist, that is admired or identified with...
language that does not offend. This phrase is normally used to criticise language that tries too...