Narrative Elements

What is narrative writing?

• writing meant to inform the reader on a topic

• writing that tells a story, fiction or based on true events

• writing that argues a certain viewpoint

• writing that describes something

What is third-person point of view?

• When one of the characters is telling the story using the pronoun “I”

• When the narrator is all-knowing, and the story can center on the thoughts and actions of any and all characters

• When the story centers on one character’s thoughts and actions

What is rising action?

• the series of crises and conflicts that lead to the climax

• the most intense moment of the story

• the start of a story before the action starts

• where the events and complications begin resolving themselves

The setting of a story includes what of the following (check all that apply)

• time

• characters

• place

• dialogue

The ____ is the major character who opposes the protagonist in a story.

Theme is...

• the moral

• the message the author is conveying

• the central conflict

• the main character

All of the following are elements of plot EXCEPT

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Dialogue

When Christy snuck into the old house down the street, she saw a ghost, who chased her out and told her to never come back.

What kind of conflict is this?

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Nature

• Man vs. Supernatural

• Man vs. Technology

Authors develop characters through what of the following (check all that apply)

• what the character says or does

• explaining when and where the story takes place

• what characters say to each other

• word choice in descriptive passages

What is the correct order for elements of plot?

• exposition, falling action, rising action, climax, resolution

• climax, exposition, rising action, falling action, resolution

• rising action, resolution, climax, falling action, exposition

• exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution