ENG1300 Chapter 2/3

Question 1

Total Omniscience

Answer 1

PoV in which the narrator knows everything about all of the characters and events in a story.

Question 2

Limited or Selective Omniscience

Answer 2

PoV in which the narrator sees into the minds of some, but not all characters.

Question 3

Impartial Omniscience

Answer 3

PoV employed to present thoughts and actions of a character, but doesn’t judge or comment on them.

Question 4

Editorial Omniscience

Answer 4

PoV when an omniscient narrator goes beyond reporting thoughts, but also makes commentary on them.

Question 5

Objective Point of View

Answer 5

PoV in which the third-person narrator merely reports dialogue/action with no interpretation or access to thoughts.

Question 6

Omniscient or All-knowing Narrator

Answer 6

Narrator who can move freely through the consciousness of any character. Has complete knowledge of all events.

Question 7

Participant or First-person Narrator

Answer 7

Narrator who is participant in the action. Narrator refers themselves as “I”.

Question 8

Observer

Answer 8

First person narrator who is relatively detached from, or plays only minor role in the events described.

Question 9

Nonparticipant or Third Person Narrator

Answer 9

Narrator who doesn’t appear in the story as a character, but capable of revealing thoughts/motives of characters.

Question 10

Innocent or Naïve Narrator

Answer 10

Character who fails to understand all the implications of the story they’re telling-can generate irony, sympathy, or pity

Question 11

Unreliable Narrator

Answer 11

Narrator who relates events in a subjective or distorted manner, usually becomes apparent early on in the story.

Question 12

Interior Monologue

Answer 12

Extended presentation of character’s thoughts, usually present tense and without quotation marks, usually reads as if a character were speaking aloud to themselves, for the reader to overhear.

Question 13

Stream of Consciousness

Answer 13

Modern narrative technique, uses various literary devices to duplicate the subjective/associative nature of human consciousness.

Question 14

Characterization

Answer 14

The technique a writer uses to create, reveal, or develop the characters in a narrative.

Question 15

Character Description

Answer 15

Author overly relates physical or mental traits of a character, almost invariably depicts what lies beneath the surface of the character.

Question 16

Character Development

Answer 16

The process by which a character is introduced, advanced, and possibly transformed in a story.

Question 17

Character Motivation

Answer 17

What a character in a narrative wants, the reasons for a character’s actions. Can be explicit or implicit.

Question 18

Flat Character

Answer 18

A character with only one outstanding trait, rarely the central character, and stays the same throughout the narrative.

Question 19

Round Character

Answer 19

A complex character who is presented in depth in a narrative and changes significantly during the course of the narrative.

Question 20

Stock Character

Answer 20

A common or stereotypical character, such as the ‘mad scientist’ or the ‘battle-scarred veteran’.