Tips for the Novel Section (Grade 11 NSC Matric English FAL): Flashcards

Literal comp., reorganisation, inference, evaluation, appreciation

Understanding what actually happens (plot, actions, setting, facts)

Reading between lines; understanding what's implied, not stated

Central ideas explored in the novel

Author's/narrator's attitude towards events or characters

Emotional atmosphere created for the reader

Introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

Struggles within character's mind (doubts, fears, desires)

Objects/events/actions represent deeper ideas beyond literal

Personal, limited perspective; only knows what narrator knows