Prose Terms

Question 1

Point of View

Answer 1

Perspective and possible limitations of the narrator

Different ones have different effects

Question 2

First Person (Major Character)

Answer 2

Point os view has a narrator who is usually the main character.
ex. Huck Finn

Question 3

First Person (Minor Character)

Answer 3

A character who is not the main focus tells the story. May be most limited.
ex. Great Gatsby
Moby-Dick

Question 4

Third Person (Observer)

Answer 4

not a character in the story/does not know thoughts and feelings of characters.
Only know how characters feel through words and body language

Question 5

Third Person (Limited Omniscient)

Answer 5

“The Story of an Hour”

The narrator, who is not a character, only knows of one person’s thoughts or feelings (Mrs. Mallard), so there is a limitation

Question 6

Third Person (Omniscient)

Answer 6

Narrator can know all of the thoughts + feelings of any character, can see anything happening in novel at ant time.
THOMAS HARDY novels have this

Question 7

Narrative Distance

Answer 7

Narrator’s proximity in relation to other characters. Can be physically close (1st person) or distant (3rd person omniscient), psychologically close (sympathetic) or distant (cold)

Question 8

Narrative Shift

Answer 8

significant change in the way the author is telling the story.
usually manifests as a change in verb tense
generally, narratives told in past, but sometimes a narrator shifts to present