Approaches to reading unseen fiction texts

Approaches to reading unseen fiction texts

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will be looking at strategies for reading unseen fiction texts. We will be using Freytag's Narrative Pyramid and the idea of 'Four conflicts in Literature' as ways of reading unseen fiction extracts. You will then have an opportunity to try out these ideas by applying this learning to an unseen fiction extract from Katherine Mansfield's 'The Tiredness of Rosabel'.

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is the third point on the narrative pyramid?
Correct answer: Climax
Denouemont
Exposition
Rising Action
Q2.
What does Rosabel do for a living?
She works in a dress shop
Correct answer: She works in a hat shop
She works in a shoe shop
Q3.
What are the names of the couple?
Rosabel and Harry
Correct answer: We do not know the girl's name, the man is called Harry
We do not know their names
Q4.
Which of the below is not one of the 4 types of conflict to be found in narratives?
Correct answer: man v animals
man v man
man v self
man v society
Q5.
What is the opposite of equilibrium?
Correct answer: disequilibrium
inequilibrium
Q6.
What word did Rosabel use to describe her anger?
absurd
Correct answer: ridiculous
silly

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UnitEnglish / Fiction: Reading and descriptive writing

English