Unit 1- Narrative Techniques

Methods an author uses to create a narrative and that help the author make decisions about word choice, plot, point of view, and other elements of narrative.

• Narrative techniques

• Pace

• Chronological order

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

A narrative technique that allows authors to introduce past events that have a direct effect on current events.

• Narrative techniques

• Pace

• Chronological order

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

A word or phrase in a text that helps define another word in the text

• Context

• Context clue

• Infer

• Flashback

• Reference materials

Organizational pattern in which details are arranged in the order they occur.

• Narrative techniques

• Pace

• Chronological order

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

Materials used to research information and answer questions; encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and credible online sources are examples

• Context

• Pace

• Infer

• Flashback

• Reference materials

The parts of a sentence or passage surrounding a word

• Context

• Pace

• Chronological order

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

A technique authors use to give clues about or to suggest what is going to happen.

• Narrative techniques

• Pace

• Chronological order

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

To make a guess or conclusion based on evidence and clues.

• Context

• Pace

• Infer

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

The speed, and the change of speeds, of a speaker’s delivery

• Narrative techniques

• Pace

• Chronological order

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing