Part one of term paper
The Labovian theory of a developed narrative contains six mandatory components. These components help the reader, or listener to a broader understanding of the thoughts and motivation of the internal narrator and the external storyteller. The abstract gives a representation about the story. The orientation draws a picture to familiarize t ...

Part two of term paper
... throughout the narrative in hopeful attempts to keep the interest of the reader/listener peaked. The coda compliments the evaluation and brings the narrator and the reader/listener back together on common ground in order to bring the story to a close. Edgar Allan Poe's short story of a passionless crime undone by the heart incorporates the Labovian components. "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a masterly written narrative, full of subtle nuances quick to deceive the senses. Poe sends the reader spinnin ...