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Narration
Background&Setting
Structure
Characterisation
Theme
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What is an omniscient narrator?
The narrator who knows everybody's thoughts and feelings and has all the information about what is going on.
100
Give an example of novel with colonial or post-colonial society setting in textbook
To da-duh,in Memoriam/The Lemon Orchard
100
What is chronological arrangement
Means following the order of events as they actually happen
100
What is the four main characterisation?
Round flat dynamic static
100
What is the theme of a story?
Bascially it means the main thoughts the author wants to express.
200
What kind of narration are writers using if they wish to enjoy the benefits of both kind of narrative approaches?
Mixed Narration
200
Identify two of the stories we’ve read that have multiple settings.
Meteor, Secrets
200
Is it helpful to use different points of view of the same events to develop the characterisation ? TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
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What is the characterisation of the boy and aunt mary in << secrets>> and why ?
The boy is a round character for he first curious about the secrets but he feel gurity later.Aunt mary is flat character for hshe still love her boyfriend
200
Within the stories we have read so far, what stories could be considered as the bildungsroman? Give TWO examples.
Games at Twilight Journey (Secrets)
300
What kind of narration does The Yellow Wallpaper have?
First person unreliable narrator
300
Instead of concrete and realistic descriptions of places, some novels have inwardly responsive writing. What are these novels called?
Stream of consciousness
300
What is frame device? What effect can be given by a framing device, give an example.
Frame device means giving a narrative the same beginning and end ,within which the main narrative takes place .A framing device helps to enhance the main narrative…..
300
Use one settings or symbols to associate characters in <>.
The boy live in a rich family which associate the naïve boy .
300
What is the probable theme of The Yellow Wall Paper? List one.
Gender issues. (the individual&society)
400
Which one is an example of free indirect speech? 1.He sat down on the sofa carelessly. "Why are they asking me to contribute to the project?" he asked. 2.He sat down on the sofa carelessly and asked himself why they were asking him to contribute to the project. 3.He sat down on the sofa carelessly. Why are they asking him to contribute to the project?
3
400
Explain how the protagonist in Games at Twilight came of age?
He realised his insignificance.
400
What is the relationship between ambiguity and irony ?Is there any irony in stories which we have read ?give an example.
Ambiguity means being open to more than one meaning or interpretation,variable points of view create irony. The yellow wall paper\meteor\sniper……
400
what is meaning of motif and what is the motif in <>?
Motif is a recurrent element in a text. It is a word used in relation to music as well.The train
400
In metafiction, what do the narrators usually do?
Narrators comment on their own writing in a self-reflexive manner, or play games with readers, reminding them writing a novel is a process.
500
What kind of narration does Meteor use at the beginning?
Onmiscient narration
500
What can you tell about the background of The Signalman?
Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution, where the use of machines had a great impact on people’s life.
500
Put these plots in chronological order A.Aunt Mary had been dying for some days B.there were the sounds of women weeping from the next room C.He went to Aunt Mary to get some stamps D.Aunt Mary didn’t allow him to touch the letter E.He secretly read Aunt Mary’s letter F.Aunt Mary fell in love with Bro Benignus G.Bro Benignus went for a war H.Bro Benignus got injured I.Bro Benignus told Aunt Mary that he must sacrifice her to make up for the horror of the past year J.Aunt Mary found he was reading at those letters K.His mother burnt Aunt Mary’s letters
FGHICDEJABK
500
Use one settings or symbols to compare the character of the boy in <> and the girl in <>.
The boy live in a rich family while the girl live in a poor family .they are both coming of age story . Those can show that the boy is naïve while the girl is responsible.
500
In The Signalman, what elements reflect the thoughts Charles Dickens might try to express? Give TWO examples.
The train implies the introspection of the consequences of the rapid growth during the industrial revolution. The contrast between the narrator, a well-educated gentleman, who tries to give logical and scientific explanations to any phenomenon and the signalman who seems to be superstitious because the trust of ghosts, indicates the change of the social perceptions caused by the industrial revolution.