Terms to Know 1.4

Question 1

A narrator whose account might be
seen as unreliable.

Answer 1

Fallible narrator

Question 2

Any sort of narrator who does not fall into the unusual categories.

Answer 2

Unusual narrator

Question 3

A narrator who sees or understands
everything.

Answer 3

Omniscient narrator

Question 4

A narrator who has some knowledge of events, thoughts, and feelings, but does not complete understanding.

Answer 4

Limited narrator

Question 5

The use of ‘I’ or ‘we’ when explaining ideas, experiences, or telling a story
(‘ I left the house and walked to school, my heart aching’).

Answer 5

1st person narrator

Question 6

The use of ‘you’ as the main narrative voice (‘You left the house and walked to school, your heart aching’).

Answer 6

2nd person narrator

Question 7

The use of ‘he’, ‘she’ (third-person singular), or ‘they’ (third-person plural) to recount events or share the thoughts of more than one character (‘She left the house and walked to school, her heart aching’).

Answer 7

3rd person narrator

Question 8

The particular angle by
which a writer views or experiences events.

Answer 8

perspective

Question 9

Auxiliary verbs that
indicate the possibility,
obligation, or certainty
of an action or state:
‘he might go’, ‘he will
go’, ‘he should go’ and
so on.

Answer 9

Modal verbs

Question 10

Words such as ‘best’,
‘greatest’, ‘fewest’,
‘most’

Answer 10

Superlatives

Question 11

Words such as ‘better’,
‘greater’, ‘less’, ‘more’

Answer 11

comparatives

Question 12

The gist of what has been said but not the precise words. It is often a conversation that is reported at a later time (She said that she hated him /She told him that she hated him).

Answer 12

Indirect speech

Question 13

The uses of the actual words spoken in a conversation which are
enclosed in speech marks (?I hate you!? she said).

Answer 13

Direct speech

Question 14

The way the writer/narrator looks
at the world or the opinions they express

Answer 14

Viewpoint