Narrative Elements
Genre
Figurative Language
Plot/Point of View
100
The time and place of the story.
What is setting?
100
A short story that teaches a lesson, often with animal characters.
What is a fable?
100

A figure of speech in which something non-human is given human characteristics.

What is personification?

100

Point of view when the narrator is a character in the story. Uses words such as "I" and "you"

What first person?

200
The action or series of events that happen in a story.
What is plot?
200
A highly imaginative story with supernatural elements, like magic, super powers, or made-up creatures.
What is fantasy?
200

A comparison between two things, not using "like" or "as"

What is a metaphor?

200

The introduction, where the characters and setting is introduced.

What is the exposition?

300
A character who plays the most important role in the story.
What is the main character?
300
Fairy tales, legends, and fables are all types of _____________, meaning stories that are handed down from generation to generation by word of mouth.
What are folk tales?
300
A comparison between two different things, using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
300
The events leading up to the climax of the story.
What is rising action?
400
A character who plays a role which is less important than the main character.
What is a minor character?
400
A story that is set in the past, which may contain fictional accounts of actual events.
What is historical fiction?
400
An expression which means something different from what the words actually say, such as "let the cat out of the bag"
What is an idiom?
400

The most exciting part of the story, when the conflict begins to be resolved.

What is the falling action?

500
The underlying message or lesson that the author tries to convey.
What is theme?
500
A traditional folk tale which often deals with gods or heroes; often intended to explain a natural event.
What is a myth?
500
An exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
500
Point of view in which the narrator is all-knowing, and can see into the minds of more than one character.
What is third person omniscient?
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