Analyze Narrative

a problem that the character faces; can be internal or external

• conflict

• climax

• flashback

• setting

• theme

the time period and location of a story

• conflict

• climax

• flashback

• setting

• theme

a character that undergoes a significant change throughout the story

• conflict

• dynamic character

• flashback

• static character

• theme

a literary device in which a character remembers an earlier event; it interrupts the original timeline of a story

• conflict

• dynamic character

• flashback

• static character

• theme

turning point of the story

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

a character that does not significantly change throughout the story

• conflict

• dynamic character

• flashback

• static character

• theme

the ending of a story; the conclusion to a story's conflict

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

the use of sensory details to create an image in the reader's mind (gustatory, tactile, olfactory, auditory, visual)

• conflict

• imagery

• flashback

• alliteration

• theme

the author's message about a topic, conveyed through his/her story

• conflict

• climax

• flashback

• setting

• theme

the beginning of a story; main character(s), setting, and initial conflict are introduced

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution