Point of View

Question 1

Point of view in which the narrator knows everything about all of the characters and events in a story; can move freely from one character to another; generally written in third person

Answer 1

TOTAL OMNISCIENCE

Question 2

Point of view in which the narrator sees into the minds of some but not all of the characters; sees through the eyes of one major or minor character

Answer 2

LIMITED/SELECTIVE OMNISCIENCE

Question 3

Point of view employed when an omniscient narrator, who presents the thoughts and actions of the characters; does not make a judgement or comment on them

Answer 3

IMPARTIAL OMNISCIENCE

Question 4

Point of view employed when an omniscience narrator goes beyond reporting the thoughts of their characters to make a critical judgement or commentary, revealing the narrator’s own thoughts or attitudes

Answer 4

EDITORIAL OMNISCIENCE

Question 5

Point of view in which the third-person narrator merely reports dialogue and actions with little or no interpretation or access to the characters’ minds

Answer 5

OBJECTIVE POINT OF VIEW

Question 6

A narrator who has the ability to move freely through the consciousness of any character; has a complete knowledge of all the external events in a story

Answer 6

OMNISCIENT/ALL-KNOWING NARRATOR

Question 7

A narrator who is a participant in the action; refers to themselves as “I” and may be a major or minor character in the story

Answer 7

PARTICIPANT/FIRST-PERSON NARRATOR

Question 8

A first-person narrator who is relatively detached from or plays only a minor role in the events described

Answer 8

OBSERVER

Question 9

A narrator who does not appear in the story as a character but is usually capable of revealing the thoughts and motives of one or more characters

Answer 9

NONPARTICIPANT/THIRD-PERSON NARRATOR

Question 10

A character who fails to understand all the implications of the story they are telling; usually a child or young-adult - usually used to generate irony, sympathy, or pity

Answer 10

INNOCENT/NAIVE NARRATOR

Question 11

A narrator who - intentionally or unintentionally - relates events in a subjective or distorted manner; author provides some indication that the narrator is not to be trusted

Answer 11

UNRELIABLE NARRATOR

Question 12

An extended presentation of a character’s thoughts in a narrative; reads as if the character is reading their thoughts out loud

Answer 12

INTERIOR MONOLOGUE

Question 13

A type of modern narration that uses various literary devices, especially interior monologue, in an attempt to duplicate the subjective and associative nature of human consciousness

Answer 13

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS