List of narrative techniques: Difference between revisions

</ref> thus effectively relaying information to the audience or making the story more complete, complex, or engaging. Some scholars also call such a technique a '''narrative mode''', though this term can also more narrowlybe refer to the particular technique of [[narration|using a commentary]] to deliver a story. Other possible synonyms within written narratives are '''literary technique''' or '''literary device''', though these can also be broadly refer to non-narrative writing strategies, as might be used in academic or essay writing, as well as [[poetic]] devices such as [[assonance]], [[metre (poetry)|metre]], or [[rhyme scheme]]. Furthermore, narrative techniques are distinguisheddifferent from [[Narrative#Elements|narrative element]]s, which exist inherently in all works of narrative, rather than being merely optional strategies.