Narrative Writing
This is a story
What is a narrative?
This is the problem characters react to.
What is conflict?
The main purpose of argumentative writing.
What is convince the reader of an opinion?
This is the universal message.
What is theme?
This grabs the reader's attention.
What is the hook?
The time and place events take place
What is setting?
This is when the author reveals the qualities and characteristics of a character.
What is characterization?
This sentence presents your response or answer to the question.
What is the thesis?
This would not be considered the theme of a story:
A. the pain of love
B. the pressure of traditions
C. a soldier coming home from WWI
D. survival
What is C?
This sentence presents the main idea of the paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
Known as the turning point in the story
Character development is typically reflected in these parts of the story.
What are rising and falling action?
This shows the opposing view, shows that you aren't biased and shows another viewpoint.
What is counterclaim?
You can always tell the theme of a story by examining this.
What are the characters and plot?
This supports, proves and explains the claim.
What is evidence?
This POV is used when writing a personal narrative.
When the authors shows the character's personality, he is using this type of characterization.
What is indirect characterization?
A statement that disproves the counterclaim.
What is rebuttal?
This is the difference between theme and main idea of a story?
What is what the story is about (main idea) and what is the universal message (theme)?
This what TREES stands for.
Topic
Reason
Evidence
Explanation
Summary
A narrative does all of these except________.
A. Entertain
B. Argue
C. Provide a lesson or message
D. Inform
What is B. Argue?
Rosie was kind and creative and she loved flowers and animals. What type of characterization is this an example of?
What is direct characterization?
"100% of people are wrong 50% of the time." What kind of hook is this?
What is statistic?
Theme is typically found in this type of literature.
What is literary fiction?
These components should be included in your evidence?
What is lead in, quote and citation?