English Essentials - Powering through Prose - Narrative Style and Techniques (Stage 6, Years/Grades 11-12)

This lesson explores narrative techniques in prose fiction, emphasizing their role in shaping an author's style and purpose. It covers essential techniques like foreshadowing, symbolism, and motifs, and delves into literary movements such as Romanticism and Modernism. The lesson highlights the importance of understanding the context and purpose behind an author's choice of techniques.

What is the primary reason authors use different narrative techniques?

• To reflect their purpose

• To avoid criticism

• To confuse the readers

• To make the text longer

Which narrative technique involves dropping false clues to mislead the reader?

• Pathetic fallacy

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

• Red herrings

In Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, what does the smell of burning symbolize?

• Wartime trauma

• Peace and contentment

• Family bonds

• Future aspirations

What is a motif in literature?

• A character's dialogue

• A plot twist

• A repeated idea or symbol

• A single event

In 'The Stranger', what realization does Meursault come to?

• Life is full of hope

• He has genuine freedom

• Life is absurd and meaningless

• Society is fair

What is bathos used for in literature?

• To add humor through anticlimax

• To evoke sadness

• To create suspense

• To develop characters

Which period heavily favored natural imagery and symbolism?

• Realism

• Modernism

• Romanticism

• Postmodernism

What belief did the Romantics hold about nature?

• It is a source of fear

• It is irrelevant

• It is divine and should be embraced

• It should be controlled

What does the objective correlative aim to achieve in modernist literature?

• Directly state emotions

• Evoke emotions through symbols

• Simplify the narrative

• Confuse the reader

In Ray Bradbury's 'The Pedestrian', what emotion is evoked through the setting?

• Excitement

• Anger

• Loneliness

• Joy