Thread: Quick Question - What is a "narrative break", how to use it, and some examples please

I need to know for class.

The narrated part of a literary work is known as the 'narrative'. It's where the story's told. Anything which deviates from that, i.e. dialogue or scene changes, can be technically considered a narrative break. When you insert dialogue in a new paragraph, that's a break in narrative. When you insert three asterisks to denote a scene change, that's a break in narrative.

Sam,
For example:

"Die, you hoser," Jane said. She aimed and fired.

Dick ducked and stared at Jane. "Are you crazy?"

Their feud went all the way back to childhood, when Dick and Jane competed against each other in daily footraces. Dick always won. Thirty years later, Jane still held that grudge - -but now it as about to cost Dick his life, or at minimum, his manhood. <----- that's an example of a narrative break.

Commonly, after an extended action or dialog scene, a narrative break is used to summarize events or to slow the pace of the story.

Regards
Steve

Why are you killing the man who waters the garden?