Plot/Setting
Using Evidence
Figurative Language
Parts of Narrative
Making a Narrative
100
The location and time a story takes place in is referred to as this.
What is the setting?
100
A claim, answer, or thesis should always be backed up by one or more pieces of this.
What is evidence?
100
"Fast as a cheetah" and "Slow like a sloth" are examples of this kind of figurative language.
What is a simile?
100
If you wanted to know what the most important topic of a story or article was, you would need to be able to identify this.
What is a central/main idea?
100
These three segments of a plot make up the foundation of every narrative story.
What is the beginning, middle, and end?
200
The moment where everything in the story changes forever, or the peak of the plot chart.
What is the climax?
200
The action you take when you use a piece of evidence to support your thoughts when writing or answering a test question is called this.
What is citing?
200
If you wanted to tell readers what this sunset looked like in your writing, you could say something like "The sky burst with reds and oranges, and the still glass water reflected it back and cast the colors onto the sandy dunes." This is an example of this kind of figurative language.
What is imagery?
200
The basic sequence of events that happens over the course of a story is called this.
What is plot?
200
This person, object, or animal is what drives the plot forward through their actions in a narrative story.
What is a character?
300
When a story is over, you can say the story has reached its' this, which is also the name of the last section of the plot chart.
What is the resolution?
300
Finding good pieces of evidence in a text that back up your own thoughts and opinions of it is a skill referred to as this.
What is textual analysis?
300
This type of figurative language is when an animal or object is given human qualities in a narrative.
What is personification?
300
The feeling or emotion conveyed through a text is referred to as this.
What is the tone?
300
This stage of writing a narrative can help you figure out the main idea, plot, and characters of your story before you even start making the exposition.
What is prewriting?
400
When you are getting to know the setting and characters of your story, you're at the start of the plot chart and in this part of the plot.
What is the exposition?
400
"According to Paragraph Three, which states: [quote from the text]" and "The text states on Page Four: [quote form the text]" are examples of this kind of citation. It is the opposite of paraphrasing.
What is direct citation?
400
Making a comparison between two different things without using the words 'like' or 'as' is called this.
What is a metaphor?
400
The general groups that narratives are placed in based on their setting, plot, and character types are called this. Some examples include horror, science fiction, and romance.
What are genres?
400
Sentences that make logical sense with the sentences that come before and after it in a text shows a strong amount of this.
What is coherence? (Alternate answer: Clarity)
500
This is the moment where the conflict of a story becomes a relevant part of the plot. This moment also begins the transition from exposition into rising action.
What is the inciting incident?
500
When you cite evidence to support your thoughts, the evidence needs to actually be related to the answer you're giving in a clear, logical way. This concept is referred to as this.
What is relevence?
500
Statements like "He was a lamb to the slaughter." and "It's raining cats and dogs!" are examples of this kind of figurative language.
What is an idiom?
500
When summarizing a text or putting the events of a story together, you must use this type of order. The words Latin roots means "the order of time."
What is chronological?
500
This style of ending to a narrative stops the story abruptly without tying up all the threads of the plot, leaving readers to infer what happens next.
What is a cliffhanger?