English Essentials - Powering through Prose - 'Big Picture' Questions in Prose (Stage 6, Years/Grades 11-12)

This video tutorial covers essential elements of analyzing prose fiction, including context, purpose, and genre. It explores narrative structures like linear, nonlinear, circular, and frame narratives, and discusses the importance of setting in characterization and theme. The tutorial also examines narrative perspectives, including first-person, second-person, and third-person, and their impact on storytelling. Characterization is explored through roles like protagonist and antagonist, and concepts like hamartia and anagnorisis. The video concludes with a summary of these key elements, preparing viewers to analyze and create narratives.

What are the three key elements to consider when analyzing prose fiction?

• Conflict, Resolution, Climax

• Theme, Tone, Style

• Context, Purpose, Genre

• Plot, Characters, Setting

Which narrative structure involves starting and ending a story in the same place?

• Linear Structure

• Frame Narrative

• In Medias Res

• Circular Structure

What is the primary purpose of using a frame narrative?

• To simplify the plot

• To explore multiple perspectives

• To focus on a single character

• To create suspense

How does Mark Haddon use setting in 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'?

• To create a sense of mystery

• To emphasize cultural differences

• To normalize autism

• To highlight the protagonist's uniqueness

Which narrative perspective allows readers to become part of the story?

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Omniscient

• Second Person

• First Person

What is a key characteristic of a third-person omniscient narrator?

• Narrates in the first person

• Limited to one character's thoughts

• Knows everything about all characters

• Only observes actions without thoughts

What is an unreliable narrator?

• A narrator who cannot be trusted to tell the truth

• A narrator who tells the story in reverse

• A narrator who uses complex language

• A narrator who switches perspectives frequently

What is 'hamartia' in the context of characterization?

• A character's background story

• A character's physical appearance

• A character's heroic trait

• A character's tragic flaw

In 'Frankenstein', what is Victor's hamartia?

• His loyalty

• His hubris

• His kindness

• His intelligence

What is the purpose of anagnorisis in a story?

• To introduce a new character

• To provide background information

• To resolve the main conflict

• To reveal a character's fatal flaw