Bible Blossom - Storyteller's Handbook

22 • B I B L E B LOS S OM S TO RY TELLER ’ S H ANDBOOK

6. What foils, dramatic irony, and poetic justice are used in the story? • Foils: what characters are set against each other as foes in the story? • Dramatic irony: When is the reader informed of situations and realities that the characters themselves are unaware of? 7. What items are repeated, highlighted, and foregrounded in the story? • Repetition: what phrases, items, themes, issues, or actions are repeated? • Highlighting: what things in the characters and events are emphasized above other things? • Foregrounding: what things are made to stand out “center stage” in the flow of the story? 8. What is the author’s point-of-view? • Note the author’s comments about the characters and events. – Attitude (positive, negative, or neutral) – Judgment (negative or affirmative) – Conclusion (summarizing, absent, closure?) • Consider what voice the story is being written in: – The Omniscient narrator (the Holy Spirit)

– The First-person testimonial – The Third-person narrator