(Unit 1) (Skill 4) Narrator or Speaker Flashcards

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1
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What does a narrator’s power result from? (_)

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Perspective
Position

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Describe the power from the narrator’s position

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The narrator can be a part of the story
The narrator can be distanced from the story

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3
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The person telling the story ______ the story

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Frames

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4
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What is typically included in a framed story? (_)

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Description of others
Time
Sensations
Where it took place
What was involved
What it meant

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5
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Describe the power from the narrator’s perspective

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How the narrator tells the circumstances of a story is a powerful form of control

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What is the narrator like when inside the story?

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First person
The narrator is a character of the story describes the things he/she see, hears etc.

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7
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What is the narrator like when outside the story?

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Third person
The narrator is not a character, they are like a reporter reporting events of the story distant from it

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What power does a reader have?

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The reader has the power to question everything (not think things the way the narrator wants one to think)

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9
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_________ establish a ____________ with _______ based on how a _____ is told

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Narrators
Relationship
Readers
Story

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10
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Focus on ___________ and ________ to question how a ________ relates the ______ of a story

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Perspective
Position
Narrator
Events

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11
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True or False:
Every story has limitations

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True

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12
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Define:
First Person Point of View

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The person telling the story is a character in the story

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13
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Who may the character portraying first person point of view be? (2)

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The protagonist relaying their experiences
A peripheral character telling the protagonist’s story

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How do you know it is first person? (2)

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The narrator will refer to himself or herself as “I”
Uses pronouns like “we”, “me” and “us”

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State the importance of first person point-of-view (3)

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Develops intimacy
Gives credibility
Expresses an opinion

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16
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State the limitations of first person point-of-view (2)

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Bias
Reliability

17
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First person point-of-view can be wonderful due to ________, but as a reader we must also question what ______ this person may have

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Intimacy
Biases

18
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Define:
Third Person Point of View

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The person telling the story is on the outside looking in

19
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Is the narrator a character in the story in Third Person Point of View?

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No

20
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How many types of third person point of view are there

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3 main types

21
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List the three main types of third person point of view

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Objective
Limited
Omniscient

22
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Describe:
Objective Third Person Point of View

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The narrator does not convey the thoughts and feelings of any character and relates the events in a neutral way

23
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Describe:
Limited Third Person Point of View

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One only knows the thoughts of a single character

24
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Describe:
Omniscient Third Person Point of View

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One is aware of every character’s thoughts and feelings

25
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Where does the word “omniscient” come from?

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Comes from Latin “omnis” (means “all”) and “scientia” (means “knowledge”)

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What can Objective Third Person Point of View show?

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The narrator is detached and distant
It shows a process unfolding without thought or feeling
It creates suspense and intrigue

27
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What is the importance of the omniscient narrator?

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It is distant yet close
It builds sympathy for the protagonist
It creates tension between what other characters see and what we know

28
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Whoever tells the story has ______ over that story

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Power

29
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Even though each point has certain powers and certain strengths, they also have certain ___________

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Limitations

30
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What is your job as the reader?

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Ask questions about what a narrator knows, what they don’t know, what they’re revealing, and maybe what they’re keeping away from you