Narrative Perspective or Point of View

Question 1

Uses the pronoun “I”; the narrator speaks for him-or herself; knowledge conveyed to the reader is limited to the narrators experience

Answer 1

First-Person Narration

Question 2

Uses the pronouns “he,” “she,” “they,” and so fourth; knowledge convyed to the reader is delivered by a narrator who is all-seeing and has access to all characters experiences

Answer 2

Third-Person Narration

Question 3

Uses the pronoun “you”; this “you” refers directly to the reader outside
the text; can be intrusive by breaking the narrative frame; this type of narrative perspective is rare
and is often associated with post-modern literature

Answer 3

Second Person Narration

Question 4

one who interrupts the story to provide a commentary to the reader on some aspect of the story or on a more general topic.

Answer 4

Intrusive Narrator

Question 5

A narrator that is not trustworthy, whose rendition of events must be taken with a grain of salt

Answer 5

Unreliable Narrator

Question 6

the rhetorical mixture of vocabulary, tone, point of view, and syntax that makes phrases, sentences, and paragraphs flow in a particular manner

Answer 6

Voice

Question 7

the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject.

Answer 7

Tone