Narrative Parts

Which of the following correctly describes the elements or parts of a narrative?

• A story that describes someone else's experiences, plot, theme, and third person point of view.

• A story with imaginative (or made up) characters, fictional plots, theme.

• A story in first person point of view, includes setting, characters, conflict, plot, and theme.

• A factual description about an event in history.

What are the organizational parts of a narrative?

• Exposition, climax, rising action, falling action, resolution

• Rising action Exposition, Climax, Falling action resolution

• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

True or false: The parts of the narrative work together like a puzzle. Each part is necessary to create a full story.

• True

• False

True or false, the structure of a narrative should include an incident (or problem) response (events following the incident) and reflection (lesson learned from the events)

• True

• False

a fiction story written with a clear sequence of events

• organization

• development

• opinion text

• narrative text

• prompt

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

You have read the passage “Taco Head,” a story about a student who struggles with their identity and culture during lunch at school. Write an alternative ending about the narrated events in the story to show how the main character stands up to their bullies. Provide key details and examples from the passage to support your writing. Which type of writing is the prompt asking you to do?

• Argumentative

• Informative

• Narrative

A piece of writing that describes an incident and includes a personal response to and reflection on the event.

• Fiction

• Narrative

• Nonfiction

• Memoir

Personal narratives are usually written with a:

• First-person point of view

• Second-person point of view

• Third-person point of view