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omniscient

adjective as in all-knowing

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The town they grow roots in is ironically named; from the omniscient narrator’s vantage point, New England’s beauty is in stark contrast to the community’s poverty and desperation.

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I loved all the examples of Hitchcock’s omniscient point of view.

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So does narration that alternates between the main characters and an omniscient author, using first, second or third person singular, depending.

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Adding to the busyness, Puts heavily features the chorus as a collective, omniscient narrator and the characters’ inner voices.

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If you get sucked into a cult, there is this psychology of worshipping the Dear Leader, he or she is omniscient, the Messiah.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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