narrator's
Voice telling stories
Narrator's is the possessive form of narrator—a person who tells a story, whether in fiction, film, documentary, or spoken account.
The narrator's voice shapes how audiences receive a narrative.
The narrator's perspective determines what readers know and when they know it: The narrator's unreliability becomes clear only in the final chapter.
Quality of sound
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- inflectionWord form alteration
- deliveryConveyance of goods
storytelling · first-person · omniscient · unreliable · authoritative · intimate · detached · distinctive
Way of seeing things
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
- limitedRestricted in extent
- first-person"I" as narrator
- third-personGrammatical category for others
point-of-view · stance · angle · vantage · frame · lens · scope · knowledge
Quality of being reliable
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
honesty · distortion · subjectivity · doubt · confession · misdirection · concealment · revelation
One who recounts tales
- guideLeader or instruction book
- witnessOne who attests
- participantOne who takes part
- observerOne who perceives events
chronicler · commentator · mediator · interpreter · framer · conductor · presence · intrusion
tone
Quality of sound
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- inflectionWord form alteration
delivery · storytelling · first-person · omniscient · unreliable · authoritative · intimate · detached · distinctive · third-person
viewpoint
Way of seeing things
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
- limitedRestricted in extent
- first-person"I" as narrator
third-person · point-of-view · stance · angle · vantage · frame · lens · scope · knowledge · insight
trustworthiness
Quality of being reliable
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
manipulation · honesty · distortion · subjectivity · doubt · confession · misdirection · concealment · revelation · unreliable
storyteller
One who recounts tales
- guideLeader or instruction book
- witnessOne who attests
- participantOne who takes part
observer · chronicler · commentator · mediator · interpreter · framer · conductor · presence · intrusion · authority
narrator'ssubject's
Belonging to the matter
listener's · character's · protagonist's · reader's · audience's
narrator'sauthor's
Of the creator
writer's · creator's · reader's · novelist's · poet's
narrator'sreader's
Belonging to one absorbing text
listener's · audience's · viewer's · spectator's · hearer's
- unreliable narratorsStorytellers whose credibility falters
- omniscient narratorStoryteller with unlimited knowledge
- narrator voiceSpeaker delivering the tale
- audiobook narratorOne who records spoken literature
- child narratorYouth telling the story
- first person narratorSpeaker who says "I"