NARRATOR BASICS
The person who tells the story.
➡️ What is a narrator?
This narrator chooses to lie or hide the truth.
➡️ What is the Liar narrator?
This narrator wants themselves or their friends to look good.
➡️ Why is the Biased narrator unreliable?
Example: “I think it happened on Monday… or maybe Tuesday.”
➡️ What is the Faulty Memory narrator?
Name 10 countries in Europe.
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic (Czechia), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
A narrator that the reader cannot fully trust.
➡️ What is an unreliable narrator?
This narrator is very upset, scared, or mentally unwell.
➡️ What is the Mentally Unstable narrator?
Important details are missing from the story.
➡️ Why is the Limited-Information narrator unreliable?
Example: “I was right, and everyone else was wrong.”
➡️ What is the Biased narrator?
Which city is the capital of Florida?
Tallahassee, Florida
Readers should do this when a narrator may be
unreliable.
➡️ What is think carefully and look for clues.
This narrator is young or inexperienced.
➡️ What is the Naïve (Innocent) narrator?
They want to trick the reader or protect themselves.
➡️ Why is the Liar unreliable?
Example: A child says everything is fine, but adults are arguing.
➡️ What is the Naïve narrator?
Name the 12 sports offered at IMG Academy.
This word means “not fully trustworthy.”
➡️ What is unreliable?
This narrator tells the story from only one opinion.
➡️ What is the Biased narrator?
This narrator’s feelings change how they see reality.
➡️ Why is the Mentally Unstable narrator unreliable?
Example: A narrator thinks the walls are talking, but no one else hears them.
➡️ What is the Mentally Unstable narrator?
It’s as light as a feather, but the strongest person can’t hold it for more than five minutes. What is it?
A breathe
A strong opinion that is not fair.
➡️ What is bias?
This narrator does not know all the facts.
➡️ What is the Limited-Information narrator?
This narrator does not understand what is really happening.
➡️ Why is the Naïve narrator unreliable?
Example: “I never broke the window,” but later we learn the narrator did.
➡️ What is the Liar narrator?
Billy’s mother had five children. The first was named Lala, the second was named Lele, the third was named Lili, the fourth was named Lolo. What was the fifth child named?
Billy