Narrative Elements 1
The when and where a story takes place.
What is setting?
The person or voice telling a story.
What is a narrator?
The people, beings, and/or animals in a story
What is characters?
The perspective from which the story is told.
What is point of view?
The basic sequence of events of the story.
What is plot?
The three different points of view.
What is first person, second person, third person?
The struggle within a character's mind or heart.
What is internal conflict?
A narrator that directly speaks to his readers.
What is second-person point of view?
The turning point of the story where the problem or conflict reaches its peak.
What is the climax?
The first part of the plot diagram where characters, setting, and conflict are introduced.
What is Exposition?
A type of writing where the author reflects on a meaningful life event.
What is personal narrative?
The leading character or one of the major characters within a story.
What is a protagonist?
The universal moral or lesson about life or humanity.
What is theme?
A character, group of characters, institution, or concept that stands in or represents opposition against the protagonist.
What is an antagonist?
The struggle between two characters or between a character and an outside force.
What is external conflict?
A narrator that is a character in the story.
What is first-person point of view?
A narrator that knows the feelings and thoughts of all characters.
What is third-person omniscient?
A character that goes through a change in the story.
What is Dynamic Character?
The opening sentence of a narrative designed to capture the reader’s attention.
What is hook?
Descriptions that appeal to the five senses.
What are sensory details?