Narrative

Question 1

characteristics of free indirect speech (3)

Answer 1

• novelist maintains 3rd person mode of address
• novelist conveys a characters thoughts and reflection without a reporting clause (e.g. she said/ she thought)7
• lexis and grammar distinctive of the speaker is retained

Question 2

what does a reporting clause sometimes do

Answer 2

sometimes it can set up a critical distance between the narrator and the character being presented

Question 3

what does free indirect style provide

Answer 3

illusions of intimate access to the characters mind but without totally surrendering authorial participation in the discourse