Mastering Narrative Techniques

How does the setting influence the mood of a narrative?

• The setting only affects the plot, not the mood.

• The setting influences the mood by establishing the emotional atmosphere through details like time, place, and context.

• The mood is solely determined by the characters' actions.

• The setting has no impact on the mood of a narrative.

What are the essential components of a traditional plot structure?

• Orientation rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.

• Prologue, main event, character arc, climax, aftermath

• Introduction, conflict, resolution, denouement, epilogue.

• Setting, character development, plot twist, conclusion, theme.

What themes can be explored through the conflict in a story?

• The theme of friendship and teamwork

• Themes such as good vs. evil, identity, societal norms, love and sacrifice, and consequences of choices.

• The theme of nature vs. technology

• The theme of time travel

What techniques can be used to show character development throughout a story?

• Using flashbacks to reveal the past

• Incorporating a detailed setting description

• Employing a non-linear narrative structure

• Techniques include internal monologue, dialogue, actions, relationships, behavioral changes, and responses to conflict.

In what ways can the setting serve as a character in its own right?

• The setting is irrelevant to the story's themes.

• The setting can serve as a character by influencing emotions, driving the plot, creating conflict, and symbolizing themes.

• The setting has no impact on character development.

• The setting can only provide background details.

How do subplots enhance the main plot in a narrative?

• Subplots only serve to lengthen the narrative without purpose.

• Subplots enhance the main plot by adding depth, complexity, and emotional resonance.

• Subplots are unnecessary and do not contribute to the story.

• Subplots distract from the main plot and create confusion.

The generic structure of narrative text is...

• Complication, Resolution, and Orientation.

• Resolution, Orientation, and Complication.

• Orientation, Resolution, and Complication

• Orientation, Complication, and Resolution

• Complication, resolution, orientation.

What is the resolution of narrative text?

• Problem solving

• Story
  
  

• Moral value

• Messages

• climax

Bad Temper

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day, the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry. The wound is still there."

What message we can learn from the story?

• We must respect our parents

• People should apologize one another

• The boy eventually can control his temper

• Say things in anger will hurt someone and can break relationships

• People should keep temper

In a kingdom, there lived 3 corn farmers. All three are smart and diligent farmers. In one season, the land of the three farmers experienced pest problems. Their corn harvest is in danger of failing.

To overcome this, farmers first use pesticides. The second farmer built a cage around his land to prevent pests from entering. The third farmer tried to make a scarecrow. all to no avail.

Then, the king called the three farmers. The king gave a stick to each and told them to break it. The sticks break easily. Then the king gave him a hundred sticks and the three of them had trouble breaking them.

The king said, “When you work alone, you are weak, but together you become strong.” Three farmers worked together, combined strategies, and succeeded.

What is the conflict faced by the farmers in the story?

• Three farmers with the king

• Three farmers have a good harvest

• The village head gave the three farmers challenge

• The three farmers efforts to help their crops failed

• The farmers have bad harvest