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Reading Prose Fiction

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do writers build character in prose, and how do you analyse characterisation as a constructed effect rather than treating characters as real people?

Who tells the story, how much do they know, and how does the choice of narrator shape what a reader understands and feels?

How do a writer's sentences themselves - their length, rhythm, syntax and diction - create meaning and effect in prose?

How do writers use setting and description to create atmosphere and meaning, rather than merely providing a backdrop?

How do writers shape time and structure in a narrative - order, pace, openings and endings - to control what a reader understands and feels?