Sense and Sensibility – Writer’s Techniques (OCR A-Level English Literature): Quizzes
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What narrative technique blends the narrator's voice with a character's thoughts without quotation marks?
What narrative technique blends the narrator's voice with a character's thoughts without quotation marks?
Free indirect discourse
Which type of irony occurs when readers know Lucy Steele's secret engagement before Elinor does?
Which type of irony occurs when readers know Lucy Steele's secret engagement before Elinor does?
Dramatic irony
What quality does Elinor Dashwood primarily embody in the novel's central antithesis?
What quality does Elinor Dashwood primarily embody in the novel's central antithesis?
Sense (rational judgement)
What does the narrowness of Barton Cottage symbolise in the novel?
What does the narrowness of Barton Cottage symbolise in the novel?
Financial & social constraint
How many volumes comprise the novel's structure, mirroring publishing economics of the era?
How many volumes comprise the novel's structure, mirroring publishing economics of the era?
Three volumes
Why was marriage an economic necessity for genteel women in Regency England?
Why was marriage an economic necessity for genteel women in Regency England?
Sole means of financial security
Which method does Austen use for indirect characterisation in the novel?
Which method does Austen use for indirect characterisation in the novel?
Dialogue, actions, and letters
In which year was Sense and Sensibility published?
In which year was Sense and Sensibility published?
1811
What does Norland Park represent in the novel's setting symbolism?
What does Norland Park represent in the novel's setting symbolism?
Primogeniture's injustice
How does the novel resolve the sense versus sensibility binary by its conclusion?
How does the novel resolve the sense versus sensibility binary by its conclusion?
Through synthesis - both learn from other