Story Writing

Which tense do you write stories in?

• present

• past

• future

Why do people write stories?

• because their teacher told them to

• It is a fun way of using imagination

• because it is boring

Every story needs a

• dragon

• monster

• alien

• problem

What word means "people or animals in the story"?

• setting

• characters

• theme

• plot

What is narrative writing?

• Writing to share your opinion

• Writing to explain something

• Writing to tell a story

A kind of writing that tells a story is a __________.

• dialogue

• author's purpose

• narrative writing

• conflict

an essay that includes a story about a personal experience told from the author or narrator's perspective

• argumentative

• persausive

• informative

• narrative

You have read the passage adapted from “The First Night at Sea,” which focuses on the narrator’s first night aboard a sailboat on a two-year journey. Write a continuation of the passage that describes what happens next. Be sure to use what you have learned about the setting, characters, and plot of the passage.

Which type of writing is the prompt asking you to do?

• Narrative

• Informative

• Argumentative

Personal narratives are usually written with a:

• First-person point of view

• Second-person point of view

• Third-person point of view

What is narrative writing?

• A paper done with research and facts

• A story about myself

• A true story written about another person

• Fictional story with a problem, events, and a solution