Narrative Terms

the chain of related events that takes place in a story

• plot

• character

• setting

• theme

individuals, real or imaginary, who take part in the action of stories

• plot

• character

• setting

• theme

the time and place in which events of a story occur

• plot

• character

• setting

• theme

the central idea or message in a work of literature

• plot

• character

• setting

• theme

the turning point of the action, when the reader's interest is at its highest point

• conflict

• exposition

• flashback

• climax

provides needed background information

• conflict

• exposition

• flashback

• climax

struggles between or within characters

• conflict

• exposition

• flashback

• climax

an account of something that took place before the beginning of the story

• conflict

• exposition

• flashback

• climax

the voice that tells a story

• narrator

• point of view

• third person

• first person

the perspective from which a story is told

• narrator

• point of view

• first person

• third person

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.3A