Narrative Characteristics
The time and place where the events of a story take place.
What is the setting
The very first step in the writing process in which brainstorming, graphic organization, research, and planning takes place.
What is prewriting
The moment of highest drama and tension in a narrative, in which the main conflict is confronted
What is climax?
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
The term we use to describe the main character, and the good guy or hero of the story.
What is the protagonist
The process that involves letting a reader know who the people in the story are and what they are like.
What is character development
This is the fourth step in the writing process in which the writer checks and corrects all technical errors in the writing including spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.
What is editing?
The beginning of the story. This is where you introduce your characters, the main conflict and the setting.
What is exposition?
A comparison that is made between two unrelated things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile
A character in a narrative who is opposed to the good guy, a villain.
What is the antagonist
The central struggle or tension within a narrative that shapes the plot and drives the action forward.
What is conflict
This is the third step in the writing process in which the writer rereads what has been written in the rough draft, gets feedback from others, and makes changes to ideas.
What is revising
The final step in the story in which all loose ends of the narrative are tied up and the story concludes.
What is resolution?
A comparison that is made between two unrelated things that does not use the words "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor
is a story that consists of ideas that are made up.
What is a fiction narrative?
The angle or perspective from which a story is told.
What is point-of-view
This is the second step in the writing process in which the first rough draft is created.
What is drafting?
The point in the story where the main conflict is introduced and the tension begins to build.
What is rising action?
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
A main idea or message that is presented by the author in various ways throughout a narrative.
What is theme
This is the fifth and final step in the writing process in which the writing is completed and presented.
What is publishing?
the point when the characters have faced the main conflict and events begin falling into place.
What is falling action?
An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is literally true.
What is hyperbole
is a story that consist of real events and real people. For example, Autobiographies and biographies.
What is a non fiction narrative?