BMMS Narrative Vocab.

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What is a narrative?

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The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.

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What is conflict in literature?

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A struggle between opposing forces, such as Man vs. Man, Man vs. society, Man vs. himself, and Man vs. nature.

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What does point of view mean in a story?

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The perspective from which a story is told.

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What is third person point of view?

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A point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer, using pronouns like he, she, they.

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What is a moral in literature?

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A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature.

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What is the setting of a story?

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The time and place in which the story occurs.

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What is a protagonist?

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The main character in a story, often facing a conflict.

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What is an antagonist?

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A character or force in conflict with the protagonist.

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What is a theme in literature?

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The central idea or underlying message of a story.

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What is resolution in a story?

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The part of the story where the conflict is resolved.