Narratives

What does the exposition tell us?

• The theme

• The who, what, when, and where.

• What the main character's motivations are

• How the problem is solved.

What happens in the rising action?

• Internal Conflict

• This is where the dialogue happens.

• We find out who the characters are.

• The problem or conflict is introduced.

The Climax is.....

• Where we find out who the characters are

• The happily ever after

• The most exciting part

• The most boring part

The falling action occurs....

• Character vs. self

• After the climax

• During the rising action

• When the characters are introduced

The resolution is also known as

• Happily ever after

• Where the characters are introduced

• External conflict

• The rising action

The setting is....

• What year something happened.

• Happily Ever After

• Where and when the story takes place.

• The climax

Characters are..

• People in the story.

• The rising action.

• Character vs. self

• Character vs. Nature

The perspective from which a story is told

• Setting

• Exposition

• Narrator

• Point of View

What key words let the reader know that a story is being told in 1st person point of view?

• The narrator talks about personal stories

• I, me, my, we, our

• Who, what, when, where, why

• Character vs. self

What key word is used so we know that a story is being told in 2nd person point of view

• You, I, me, we, ours

• Him, her, they, them

• Because

• You