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A character who contrasts another

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A foil highlights another character's qualities through contrast. Source: Foil (narrative) ↗

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  2. 23Narrator · explain the literary termRECALL
    The voice or entity telling a story.

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    A narrator who speaks as ‘I’ or ‘we.’

    First person can feel intimate but may also limit what the reader knows.

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