Narrative Writing Quiz

What is a narrative?

• A story

• Poetry

• A research project

• A biography

_________________ means the time and place in which the events happen in a story.

• Dialogue

• Setting

• Chronological order

• Transition words

True or False. Descriptive words are important because they add detail to the story.

• False

• True

What is the first step of the writing process?

• Revising/Editing

• Brainstorming/Prewriting

• Writing the resolution

• Writing a final draft/Publish

The conflict of a story is the...

• characters 

• setting

• narrator

• the problem the character faces

The introduction, or exposition, of a short story is also its...

• character

• beginning

• resolution

"Don't lie to me," his teacher warned him. "I'm tired of your constant excuses."

"It's not an excuse," Jayman whined. "My dog really did eat my homework."

This is an example of...

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Dialogue

• External character traits

What is sensory language?

• The opening of a story where the main character is introduced

• Describing what something looks, smells, sounds, tastes, or feels like

• Similes, metaphors, personification, and idioms

• Using past tense verbs

The crucial decision or turning point in a story is called-

• exposition

• climax

• resolution

• rising action

Which best describes the plot?

• The people in the story

• The end of the story

• The events that happen in the story

• A type of conflict