Alter Ch 3-4

Question 1

Narration

Answer 1

The act or process of telling a story or describing what happened

Question 2

Dialogue

Answer 2

Conversation between two or more characters as a feature of a story

Question 3

Types of type scenes in the Bible

Answer 3

Birth of hero to his barren mother
Encounter with future betrothed at a well
Epiphany in the field
Initiatory trial
Danger in the desert and discovery of well or other sustenance
Testament of a dying hero

Question 4

Type scene

Answer 4

A literary convention employed by a narrator across a set of scenes, or related to scenes, already familiar to the audience
Used to illuminate development in the plot and characters

Question 5

Motif

Answer 5

Symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story

Question 6

Narrative event

Answer 6

A particular, clear scene in a story, tempo slows down

Question 7

Functions of narration woven around dialogue

Answer 7

Conveying actions essential to the unfolding plot that could not be adequately indicated in dialogue
Communicating information necessary to the plot but not directly involved in the action
Verbatim mirroring, confirming, subverting or focusing on statements made in direct dialogue