Narrative Writing Elements
The time and place where a story takes place
Setting
The moment of highest drama or tension, where the story's action reaches its peak
Climax
The first step of the writing process where you are developing ideas for your story
Brainstorming or prewriting
A comparison using like or as
Simile
The key struggle or problem in the story that advances the plot
Conflict (person vs. self, person, nature, technology, society)
Characters
The background information of a story
Exposition
The second step of the story where you are organizing your ideas into the story requirements before your start writing
Planning
A comparison between two unlike things
Metaphor
Folklore
Any words that are spoke out loud by characters
Dialogue
The part of the story where the character has overcome/gone through the conflict and action is winding down
Falling Action
The third step of the writing process where you are writing up your first rough idea of your story
Drafting
Language that evokes the five senses
Sensory details/language
A story that aims to explain natural phenomena and teach a moral message through the actions of gods or heroes.
Myths
The angle, perspective, or voice the story is being told from
Point of View
The part of the story where the conflict is introduced and the story's action is building. It is often the longest part of the story.
Rising Action
The fourth step, often the most important, where the writer revisits their draft to develop or improve ideas
Revision
A figure of speech where human characteristics are given to nonhuman things
Personification
A short story, with animals as characters, that teaches a moral message
Fables
This is the technique from the author that allows readers to learn a message or major take-away from the story
What is theme or lesson
The final step in the story where all lose ends are tied up and the theme/message is revealed
Resolution
The final step where writing is prepared in its final form and is presented to the teacher or audience for evaluation
Publishing, Final draft
A person, place, object, or thing that represents something deeper than it's original meaning
Symbolism
Natural Phenomenon
Events that occur in nature without human actions