Topic 32. Narrative Texts. Structure and characteristics

The reference ensures that there is a link between the words and their reference and can be... Exophoric and endophoric. Anaphoric and cataphoric.

The five cohesive relations are: Reference, substitution, ellipsis, lexical cohesion and conjunctions. Reference, substitution, exophora, lexical repetition and conjunctions.

Lexical cohesion creates a cohesive effect with. Lexical reiteration with hyponymy, synonymy and collocations. Lexical reiteration and collocation.

Which are Grice's cooperative principles?. Maxim of quantity, quality, relevance and manner. Maxim of quantity, quality, relation and manner.

The seven standards of textuality ensure the communicative ensurance in a text and create formal communication. True. False.

Match the types of texts with the communicative intention: Narrative. Descriptive. Expository. Argumentative. Instructive/ Directive.

Match the types of texts with the characteristic structures: Narrative. Descriptive. Expository. Argumentative. Instructive / Directive.

Match the types of texts with their genres: Narrative. Descriptive. Expository. Argumentative. Instructive / Directive.

Legends are about people and their actions and they have a purpose and are completely true. True. False.

An example of a myth is the Native American or Christian origin of the world. True. False.

Robin Hood, King Arthur and Boadicea are examples of... Legends. Fables. Myths.

Fables are about animals that talk and act like people and told a lesson about something, like some Chaucer stories. True. False.

A narrative involves a teller a tale and the adressee. There is distance when... The teller narates distant things in time/ space. The teller is absorbed in his tale and the adressee is distant. Both of them.

Which are the five parts in the plot according to van Djick?. Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. Exposition, action, climax, resolution and ending or moral.

According to Barthe, the functions of a narrative texts are divided into... Functions proper - nuclei and catalysers, and indices - indices proper and informants. Functions proper - informants and catalysers and indices - indices proper and nuclei.

What are the nuclei?. They are real turning points in the narrative. They fill the gaps between the nuclei and are sequences with little importance.

What are the indices proper?. Information coded, we must decipher it. Information that is transparent and readable.

Regarding time, it can be homodiegetic and heterodiegetic. The homodiegetic refers to the same character and event in time. The heterodiegetic refers to the same character and event in time.

The frequency can be singulative or repetitive. True. False.

When there is zero focalisation, the narrator knows more than the characters and it is omniscient. True. False.

When there is internal focalisation the narrator knows... as much as the protagonist. less than the protagonist.

When there is external focalisation, the narrator knows... as much as the protagonist. less than the protagonist.

The round characters have... A complex personality who can be contradictory. a personality stable and with one characteristic in all the story.

The stock characters are... stereotypical characters with traits recognisable by readers. not clearly recognised because they are secondary.

The foil is an antagonist who contrasts in personality with another one. True. False.

The symbolic is a character whose existence represents an idea of society. True. False.

There can be a direct presentation when... The story is presented by the narrator and what he or she thinks about a character. The story is presented and refers to what the character says or does. The reader must figure out how is a character.

The causal setting is... the one which causes an effect in the behaviours of characters. the one that reinforces the tale, being similar to a character's attitude.

The analogical setting is... the one which causes an effect in the behaviours of characters. the one that reinforces the tale, being similar to a character's attitude.