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GCSE English Literature · key term
A story told by a character who participates in its events, using pronouns such as ‘I’ and ‘we’. Readers experience events through that character’s perspective.
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Paper 1
An account told by a character who uses ‘I’ and describes events from their own perspective.
An account told using “I”, giving access to the narrator’s experiences and thoughts but limiting readers to that narrator’s perspective.
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An account told by a narrator who participates in the events, using pronouns such as ‘I’; this gives access to personal experience but also limits the reader to that narrator’s perspective.
An account told by a speaker who uses ‘I’ and presents events through their own experiences, thoughts and feelings.
An account told by a character who uses ‘I’, giving access to that character’s experiences while limiting events to their perspective.
A story told by a narrator who participates in its events and uses ‘I’. In Great Expectations, the older Pip looks back on his younger self.
An account told by a participant using ‘I’. It gives access to that person’s experiences but also reflects their interests and judgements.
Storytelling by a narrator who uses ‘I’ and participates in the events. Readers encounter other characters through that narrator’s perspective.
A story told by a narrator who participates in its events, using pronouns such as ‘I’. In Jane Eyre, Jane tells her own story.
A narrative told using ‘I’ by a participant in the story. Jane’s first-person narration makes her thoughts and judgements central to the novel.
Paper 2
A story told by a narrator who uses ‘I’ and participates in the events. Readers encounter other characters through that narrator’s perspective.
Revise: Jane EyreThe paragraph connects language, sentence structure and first-person narrative form to one interpretation. In an examination, develop such analysis using the wording and movement of the extract actually printed.
An account told by a narrator who uses ‘I’, giving readers access to that narrator’s experiences and judgements rather than an independent view of every character.
A story told by a narrator who uses ‘I’ and presents events through their own experience. Jane narrates her life retrospectively, giving readers access to feelings she cannot always express publicly.
An account told by a narrator who participates in the events, using pronouns such as ‘I’. Lanyon narrates his own encounter with Hyde.
A story told through a narrator who uses ‘I’, giving access to that narrator’s experiences, feelings and interpretation of events.
A story told by a narrator who uses ‘I’, presenting events through that narrator’s experiences and judgements.
Paper 1
A story told by a narrator using pronouns such as ‘I’ and ‘me’, giving readers access to that narrator’s experiences and thoughts.
Revise: Meena KumarA first-person narrative brings us close to Meena’s thoughts, but it does not make every judgement she offers an objective fact. We see Anita’s apparent glamour through a girl who desperately wants her friendship. As Meena’s understanding develops, readers reassess what that admiration concealed.
A story told by a character using ‘I’, which limits the reader’s direct access to other characters’ thoughts.
A story told by a character who refers to themselves as ‘I’, giving readers access to that character's perspective rather than every character's thoughts.
A story told by a character using ‘I’, so events are filtered through that character’s knowledge and perspective.
A story told using ‘I’ by a narrator who participates in its events.
An account told by a narrator who participates in the events. In Great Expectations, the older Pip recounts and comments on his younger self’s experiences.
Component 2
A story told by someone who participates in its events, using ‘I’. Readers experience events through that person’s knowledge, perceptions and limitations.
Revise: Book One, Chapters 7 to 13: the fighting beginsThe artilleryman explains that a metal shield rose onto legs and became a fighting-machine. His eyewitness story supplies events the narrator could not see, extending the reach of the first-person narrative without making its central observer all-knowing. As dawn arrives, the narrator states, “In one night the valley had become a valley of ashes.”
A story told by a character using ‘I’, giving readers access to that character’s experiences and judgements rather than an impartial view of everyone.
An account told by a character who participates in the events, giving readers access to that character’s perspective rather than an independent view.
Storytelling by a voice that refers to itself as “I”. In Jane Eyre, Jane tells readers about her own experiences.
A story told by a character using ‘I’, so that events are presented through that character’s knowledge, feelings and judgements.
A narrative told using ‘I’ by someone who participates in the events. In Jane Eyre, readers experience other characters through Jane’s perceptions.
A narrative told by a speaker who refers to themselves as ‘I’, giving readers access to that speaker’s experiences and perceptions.
A story or account told using ‘I’ by someone within the events. Chapter 9 gives Lanyon’s own account of witnessing the transformation.
A story told by a narrator using ‘I’, presenting events through that narrator’s experiences and interpretations.
A narrative in which a character tells the story using ‘I’, giving readers access to that character’s perspective.
A narrative told by a character using ‘I’, giving readers access to that character’s experiences and thoughts rather than everyone’s inner life.
A narrative told by someone who participates in the events, using pronouns such as ‘I’. Readers receive events through that person’s knowledge and judgements.
An account told by a speaker who uses ‘I’, giving readers access to that speaker’s experience but also their particular perspective.
A story told by a speaker who participates in its events, using pronouns such as ‘I’. Lanyon’s written account gives readers his direct experience of the transformation.
A narrative told by a speaker who uses ‘I’ and presents events through their own experience and understanding.
