narrative voice

Question 1

intrusive narrator

Answer 1

a third person narrator intervenes in the narration with a comment in the first person

intruding into the narrative

Question 2

omniscient narrator

Answer 2

a narrator who appears to know how the plot will unfold

Question 3

first person

Answer 3

narrator who uses ‘i’ and is often a character of the plot

Question 4

focaliser

Answer 4

third person narrator but the action is seen from one persons perspective

Question 5

free indirect discourse

Answer 5

third person narrator in which a characters thoughts views style of language is adopted

Question 6

second person

Answer 6

a narrative that directly addresses the reader as ‘you’

Question 7

unreliable narrator

Answer 7

a narrator who is self deceiving or can’t be trusted to portray a version of events

Question 8

stream of consciousness

Answer 8

narrative style that imitates thought and makes the reader feel inside they’re head.

Random and fragmentary nature of thought

Question 9

multiple voices

Answer 9

more than one narrative voice

Question 10

inadequate narrator

Answer 10

a narrator who doesn’t seem to understand as much about what’s happening as the reader.