Unit One Narrative Pre-Test

Write your first and last name. Share one thing that you hope to do on your eLearning day!

What is a narrative?

• It is the writer.
• It is a how-to paper.
• It is rarely used.
• It is a story.

Why do we use transitions in writing?

• Option to write more material.
• To fill up the essay.
• To impress the teacher.
• To make connections.

If you're reading a story that has a bad guy as a character, what component of narrative writing is this?

• antagonist
• protagonist
• conflict
• setting

Why is conflict important in a story?

• Because it causes characters pain and answers the questions
• Because it provides struggles that push the plot along and keeps readers engaged
• Because it causes battles and war
• It is not important.

When a writer uses the five senses to help the reader see, hear, feel, smell, and even taste an experience it is called using sensory details to create...

• imagery

• resolution
• characters
• rising action

A technique in which an author gives clues about something that will happen later in the story.

• Prose
• Irony
• Climax
• Foreshadowing

A narrative technique that is used to capture a conversation between characters is called

• theme
• plot
• transitions
• dialogue

Narratives are a popular genre of writing because it

• shares imagination and feelings
• tells a story
• brings the reader to a new place
• all of the above

What type of figurative language is used here: Dylan is as strong as an ox. He is also sturdy as an oak tree.

• Simile
• Denotation
• Connotation
• Metaphor