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    AICE English Language – Wednesday September 16th

    Voice & Point of View


    1st Person Narrative:
     Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (autobiography)
     F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
     Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
    Question: What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a 1 st person narrative?
    3rd Person Narrative:
     Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities
    Question: What is the difference between intrusive and unintrusive narration? What is the difference
    between restricted and unrestricted narration?
     Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers
    Question (Activity 2.6): Consider the following aspects of Boo’s style: a) how it moves straight into the
    situation; b) details of the story that could come from a newspaper report; c) vividness of description –
    which do you think is most important?
     Chimamanda Achibe’s Half of a Yellow Sun
    Question (Activity 2.7): What do you learn about Ugwu from the passage? How do you learn it?

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