Narrative Elements
Informational/Analytical Elements
Narrative Story Arc
Figurative Language
Miscellaneous
100
The time and place where the events of a story take place.
What is the setting
100
What should you do before submitting ANY essay that you write?

What is reread the essay and make corrections?

100
The moment of highest drama and tension in a narrative, in which the main conflict is confronted fully.
What is the climax
100
A type of speech or writing that breaks away from the literal meaning in order to create a special effect or meaning.
What is figurative language
100

What type of writing are you allowed to use personal pronouns?

What is narrative writing?

200

The part of the narrative that sets up the conflict of the story.

What is the rising action

200

What is the purpose of an informational/analytical essay?

What is to give information on a topic?

200
The first part of a story arc where the setting is established and characters are introduced.
What is the exposition
200
A comparison that is made between two unrelated things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile
200

What will you include in the body paragraph of your informational/analytical essay that will NOT appear in a narrative essay?

What is text evidence?

300

The central struggle or tension within a narrative that shapes the plot and drives the action forward.

What is conflict or problem

300

What is the purpose of the bridge/background in your conclusion paragraph?

What is to summarize the body paragraphs of the essay?

300
The point in the story arc where the main conflict is introduced and the tension begins to build.
What is the rising action
300
A comparison that is made between two unrelated things that does not use the words "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor
300

The emotional voice that an author brings to a narrative.

What is the tone

400

The angle or perspective from which a story is told.

What is point-of-view

400

True or false? Personal pronouns are allowed when writing an informational/analytical essay.

What is false?

400
The point in the story arc where the characters have faced the main conflict and events begin falling into place.
What is the falling action
400
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object. (Example: "The wind whispered through the window.")
What is personification
400

What type of transition words would you use for an informational writing?

What is first, next, last, finally,

500
A main idea or message that is presented by the author in various ways throughout a narrative.
What is theme
500

What are the organizational steps of writing a informational/analytical essay?

What is ABC - CERER - CBA?

500

The final step in the story arc in which all loose ends of the narrative are tied up, the problem may be solved, and the story concludes.

What is the resolution

500
An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is literally true.
What is hyperbole
500
A person, object, action, place, or event in a narrative that in addition to its literal meanings suggests a more complex meaning.
What is a symbol
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