Narrator & Narrative

Question 1

First Person Narrative

Answer 1

Limited narrator, as does not have an omniscient (all-knowing) perspective on the tale.

Question 2

retrospective

Answer 2

Looking back at events (e.g. The Hound of the Baskervilles is Watson’s retrospective account of events at Bodmin Moor).

Question 3

perspective

Answer 3

Point of view (The Hound of the Baskervilles is told from Watson’s perspective).

Question 4

chronological

Answer 4

In time order (opposite: non-chronological).

Question 5

unreliable narrator

Answer 5

A narrator who does not know the full truth or tries to hide it. In this case, Watson may be unreliable because of his relationship with Holmes.