Narrative Vocabulary

What is a narrative?

• a story

• a book

• a poem

• an essay

What is a character?

• a name

• a boy

• people, animals, or objects in the story

• a girl

What is the setting?

• where the story takes place

• when the story takes place

• where and when the story takes place

• where, when, and why the story takes place

What is dialogue?

• words

• quotation marks

• a conflict

• the conversation that takes place in the story enclosed in " " marks

What is conflict?

• the problem or issue between two characters in the story

• the action in the story

• the ending of the story

• the beginning of the story

What is plot?

• everything that happens in the story

• the middle of the story

• the rising action

• the climax

What is theme?

• the central idea

• the main idea

• the message

• the setting

How many types of conflict are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

A man fights a bear. This is example of which conflict in a story?

• man vs. man

• man vs. self

• man vs. society

• man vs. nature

What is the beginning of the story called?

• the beginning

• the exposition

• the falling action

• the resolution