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1. B Y H A R R Y WE E D A L L
NARRATIVE
STRUCTURES

2. LINEAR NARRATIVE
•This type of narrative
structure means everything
is based in chronological
order.

3. NON-LINEAR
•This is where the structure is
not in chronological order;
action out of sequence.

4. SINGLE STRANDARD
•This is where there is one
storyline, one set and one
plot.

5. MULTI-STRANDARD
•This is where there are
several storylines within one
film, for example the story
may contain two plots
maybe two protagonists.

6. OPEN
•The viewer, listener or
reader is left wondering
what happened. A feature
that may be used might be
a cliffhanger.

7. CLOSED
•In a closed structure the
narrative simply has a
structured ending, no cliff-
hangers etc.