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AP English Literature and Composition Flashcards: Describe Narrator Speaker Short Fiction

Study Describe Narrator Speaker Short Fiction in AP English Literature and Composition with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

What is a reliable narrator?

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ANSWER

A narrator whose account is generally credible and consistent. Readers can trust their version of events.

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AP English Literature and Composition: Short Fiction

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Read the excerpt from a short story: "Everyone in my family tells the story of the flood as if it happened to them personally. My grandfather says he carried three children on his shoulders through waist-high water. My aunt says she saved the family Bible by holding it above her head like a torch. My mother says she remembers the smell, which is convenient because she was two. I was not born then, but I have inherited the flood the way you inherit a chin. Sometimes I speak in memories that aren't mine because no one else will admit they've forgotten. When the river rose again last spring, they looked at me like I was the appointed historian, and I nodded, because nodding is what you do when you're handed a job no one applied for." The narrator's perspective in the bolded line primarily reveals
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