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WorksheetsConventions of Prose Fiction
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
In a novel or short story, (a) point of view is told from the perspective of one of the characters (either major or minor) in the text.
(a) point of view is the perspective of a narrator outside the action of the story who knows what the characters think and feel and why they behave as they do.
(a) point of view is the perspective of a narrator outside the action of the story who is limited to revealing the thoughts and feelings of a single character.
(a) point of view is often called ‘the fly on the wall’ perspective. This narrator observes and describes but does not judge or offer insight into characters or situations within the text.
A writer's strategic choice to create a naive or unreliable narrator (who cannot be fully trusted by the reader) is typically accomplished through which narrative perspective?
Objective
Third person limited
Third person omniscient
First person
The ‘tone’ that we associate with any speaker can be used to describe the narrative ____ of any fiction text, which can range from engaged to detached, from biased to objective, about the events of the story that is told.
Point of view
Voice
Dialogue
Rhetoric
________ characterization relies on the narrator’s descriptions and judgments about a specific character.
Direct
Indirect
Objective
Subjective
________ characterization relies on a character’s actions and dialogue, as well as descriptions and judgments about them as given by other characters.
Direct
Indirect
Objective
Subjective
_______ characters change within the text, whereas _____ characters do not change, although the reader’s perception of such a character can change over time.
Dynamic, static
Static, dynamic
Main, supporting
Interesting, boring
Novels are developed in such a way that they may have more than one plot. These subplots have a number of functions, which include... (select all correct responses)
deepening suspense
explicitly stating the theme
serving as ironic contrast to the main plot
developing character
True or False: Setting includes the geographical, historical and social background in which the action of the narrative takes place.
True
False
True or False: In some fiction, setting can take on larger significance, in a similar way to narrative elements such as character or theme.
True
False
(a) is best understood as an insight about human nature that emerges from the action and interaction within a text.
Important considerations in a novel's structure include (select all correct answers)
the number of chapters
groupings of chapters within sections of the text
chronology (including uses of flashbacks and flash-forwards)
shifts in narrative perspective/point of view
(a) is the writer’s attitude toward his or her subject matter. In prose fiction, this attitude is revealed through the action and situation of the text as well as the reactions of characters.
