AP English Literature and Composition Flashcards: Function Of Pov Fiction Drama

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Flashcard 1: What is the key functional effect of first-person narration on reader access?

Answer: Intimacy with the narrator but limited knowledge beyond the narrator. Creates closeness but restricts information to narrator's experience.

Flashcard 2: Identify the point of view signaled by consistent use of "I" and "my."

Answer: First-person point of view. Pronouns indicate the narrator is the story's participant.

Flashcard 3: What is the primary function of third-person limited in shaping reader sympathy?

Answer: Aligns readers with one character's perceptions and judgments. Limited access creates identification with focal character.

Flashcard 4: What is the key functional effect of omniscient narration on scope?

Answer: Broad scope across characters, settings, and time. Allows narrative to move freely through space and time.

Flashcard 5: Identify the point of view signaled by "he/she" plus access to only one mind.

Answer: Third-person limited point of view. Third-person pronouns with insight into one character only.

Flashcard 6: Identify the point of view signaled by access to several characters' thoughts.

Answer: Third-person omniscient point of view. Multiple characters' inner thoughts reveal omniscience.

Flashcard 7: What is the definition of third-person omniscient point of view?

Answer: "He/she/they" narrator accesses multiple characters' thoughts. Omniscient narrators know all characters' inner lives.

Flashcard 8: What is the key functional effect of third-person limited narration on suspense?

Answer: Suspense through restricted knowledge and selective revelation. Withholds information to build tension and uncertainty.

Flashcard 9: What is third-person omniscient point of view?

Answer: Third-person narrator with access to multiple minds and events. All-knowing narrator can reveal any character's thoughts.

Flashcard 10: Identify the point of view: narrator reveals what several characters think.

Answer: Third-person omniscient. Multiple viewpoints signal all-knowing narration.

Flashcard 11: What is second-person point of view in narrative prose?

Answer: Narration that addresses the reader as "you". Makes the reader the protagonist of the narrative.

Flashcard 12: What is third-person limited point of view?

Answer: Third-person narration confined to one character's mind. Follows one character's perspective without entering other minds.

Flashcard 13: What is free indirect discourse?

Answer: Third-person narration that blends narrator voice with a character's. Merges narrator's voice with character's consciousness.

Flashcard 14: What is the primary function of first-person point of view in characterization?

Answer: Creates intimacy by filtering events through one consciousness. Personal narration deepens reader-character connection.

Flashcard 15: Identify the function: a limited narrator withholds facts the reader later learns.

Answer: Creates suspense through restricted knowledge. Information gaps build tension and mystery.

Flashcard 16: Identify the point of view signaled by narration that addresses "you" as the actor.

Answer: Second-person point of view. Direct address places reader in the protagonist role.

Flashcard 17: What is the primary function of an unreliable narrator for theme and meaning?

Answer: To create irony and force readers to judge truth independently. Gaps between narration and reality reveal deeper meanings.

Flashcard 18: What is the primary function of omniscient narration for thematic scope?

Answer: Broadens perspective to compare values across characters and contexts. All-knowing view enables complex thematic exploration.

Flashcard 19: What is stream of consciousness as a point-of-view technique?

Answer: Narration that imitates continuous, associative inner thought. Captures the flow of unfiltered mental processes.

Flashcard 20: What is the definition of third-person objective (camera-eye) narration?

Answer: Narrator reports actions and dialogue without inner thoughts. Objective narration stays external, like a camera recording.

Flashcard 21: Identify the point of view signaled by frequent direct address using "you."

Answer: Second-person point of view. Direct address creates reader involvement in the narrative.

Flashcard 22: What is a frame narrator (framed narrative) in fiction?

Answer: A narrator who introduces and contains another story or narrator. Creates a story-within-a-story structure.

Flashcard 23: What is the primary function of a point-of-view shift within a single work?

Answer: To reframe events by altering knowledge, bias, or interpretive context. Changes perspective to reveal new information or understanding.

Flashcard 24: What is the definition of first-person point of view in prose fiction?

Answer: Narrator is an "I" who participates in the story's events. First-person uses the narrator as both storyteller and character.

Flashcard 25: Identify the point of view in a drama: through whose perspective is the story told?

Answer: No narrator; perspective emerges from dialogue, action, and staging. Drama lacks narration; audience interprets directly.

Flashcard 26: Identify the point of view: narrator uses "he" and reveals only his thoughts.

Answer: Third-person limited. Single character's thoughts indicate limited perspective.

Flashcard 27: Identify the point of view signaled by frequent "I" and "my" pronouns.

Answer: First-person point of view. Personal pronouns "I/my" signal the narrator's participation.

Flashcard 28: What is a common function of second-person point of view in reader experience?

Answer: Heightens immediacy by implicating the reader in the action. Direct address collapses narrative distance.

Flashcard 29: What is the definition of third-person limited point of view?

Answer: "He/she/they" narration restricted to one character's interiority. Limited third-person follows only one character's perspective.

Flashcard 30: What is first-person point of view in prose fiction?

Answer: Narration by an "I" who participates in the story. The narrator is a character within the story's events.

Flashcard 31: Identify the point of view: narration gives only observable behavior and speech.

Answer: Third-person objective. No internal access means purely external observation.

Flashcard 32: What is an objective (camera-eye) third-person narrator?

Answer: Narrator reports actions and speech without inner thoughts. Shows only external actions, like a film camera would.

Flashcard 33: Identify the function: a narrator's contradictions cue readers to question the account.

Answer: Signals unreliability and foregrounds interpretation over certainty. Inconsistencies prompt critical reading.

Flashcard 34: What is the primary function of third-person objective narration for tone?

Answer: Creates detachment and invites readers to infer motives. External view forces interpretive engagement.

Flashcard 35: What is the definition of second-person point of view in prose fiction?

Answer: Narration addresses "you," positioning the reader as the subject. Second-person directly involves readers through "you" pronouns.