Frame Narrative and Epistolary Fiction

What is a Frame Narrative?

• A type of horror writing

• A story written through letters

• A structured storyline

• A story within a story

What are Frame Narratives usually meant to do? (Select all that apply)

• Leads the reader for one story to multiple

• Showcase multiple characters and their background

• Inform readers of a secondary narrative

• Introduce ideas within ideas

• Connect something past to something present

What is Epistolary Fiction?

• Non-fictional piece portrayed through letters

• Fictional piece portrayed through letters

• Non-Fictional piece that is a story within a story

• Fictional piece that is a story within a story

What era was Epistolary Fiction more popular in?

• 10th-11th

• 12th-13th

• 14th-15th

• 16th-17th

What makes Epistolary Fiction feel more realistic?

• Allows the reader to make connections

• Allows the reader to gain a better understanding of the story

• Allows the reader to hear a characters thoughts

• Allows the reader to care about different characters in different ways

Which use of a Frame Narrative is used to "position the reader's attitude toward the tale"?

• Dream Vision

• Procatalepsis

• Emotional Intensity

• Single Story

• Doubt Casting

Which use of a Frame Narrative is described as, "putting the readers' possible reactions to the story in the characters listening to it"?

• Procatalepsis

• Dream Vision

• Communicative Storytelling

• Doubt Casting

• Emotional Intensity

Which use of Epistolary Fiction is described as, "a more realistic touch to the characters and to the story"?

• Emotional Intensity

• Connective Storytelling

• Dream Vision

• Doubt Casting

• Adding Realism

Which use of Epistolary Fiction is described as, "letters throughout the writing are used to describe the plot"?

• Adding Realism

• Procatalepsis

• Communicative

• Doubt Casting

• Single Story

Which piece of literature is an example of Epistolary Fiction?

• The Girl in the Circle by Ouida Sebestyen

• The Stan by Bob Randall

• Inception by Christopher Nolan

• The Mansion on the Hill by Rick Moody