Narrator Terms Quiz

One who tells, or narrates, a story; the storyteller; the voice of the story; there are 3 main types, although writers are known to blend / switch in their stories

• stock character

• antagonist

• protagonist

• narrator

This type of narrator is a character in the story. Using the pronoun, "I," the narrator reveals his or her own thoughts. This type of narrator may be unreliable.

• First person narrator

• Second person narrator

• Third person limited narrator

• Omniscient narrator

This type of narrator is outside the story and reveals thoughts of only one character

• First person narrator

• Third person limited narrator

• Second person narrator

• Omniscient narrator

This type of narrator is outside the story and knows everything that's going on in the story; can present multiple points of view

• First person narrator

• Second person narrator

• Third person limited narrator

• Omniscient narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The mask or voice assumed by a writer; the narrator and the writer are not necessarily the same person

• Persona

• Metaphor

• Symbol

• Character

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The writer's or speaker's distinctive use of language in a text; consists of tone and diction.

• Allusion

• Diction

• Tone

• Voice

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The writer's attitude toward a subject, character or audience.

• Voice

• Tone

• Persona

• Fable

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How would you know if a story is in first person point of view?

• Uses pronouns I, me, my
• Uses pronouns he, she, they

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The speaker in a story is the _____.

• Protagonist
• Resolution
• Narrator
• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

the perspective from which a story is told

• narrator

• point of view

• first person

• third person

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.3A