Narrative Elements
Poetry
Plot
Figurative Language
Key Terms
100
The time and place where the events of a story take place.
What is the setting
100

What is a stanza

A group of lines in a poem

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 where two opposite words join to make a new word

ex; bitter sweet, original copy, awfully good

What is Oxymoron

100
The term we use to describe the main character or principle actor in a narrative, the person with whom the reader most closely relates.
What is the protagonist
200

The process that involves letting a reader know who the people in the story are and what they are like.

What is character development or characterization 

200

What is the difference between a haiku and a limerick

a haiku has 3 lines and follows the 5-7-5 syllable pattern 

a limerick has 5 lines following a AABBA rhyme scheme 

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
A character in a narrative who is opposed to the protagonist or protagonists; a villain.
What is the antagonist
300
The central struggle or tension within a narrative that shapes the plot and drives the action forward.
What is conflict
300

What is the difference between a sonnet and a lyric

 a sonnet has 14 lines and 10 syllables per line


a lyric has a music quality and rhythm 

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 perspective from which a story is told.

What is point-of-view

400

What is the difference between an acrostic poem and a free verse

Acrostic is a type of poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word, usually what the topic of the poem is

a free verse has no set rhyme, uses everyday language, has line breaks

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
The emotions that a narrative makes a reader feel.
What is the mood
500
A main idea or message that is presented by the author in various ways throughout a narrative.
What is theme
500

What does SWIFT stand for?

S- structure: lines, rhyme, repetition, type of poem

W- word choice: the emotions and evidence 

I- imagery: where the poet describes things using 5 senses 

F- figurative language 

T- Tone and Theme: How the author feels and the message or lesson you can learn

500
The final step in the story arc in which all loose ends of the narrative are tied up and the story concludes.
What is the resolution or denouement
500

A type of writing where the literal meaning is different from the intended meaning 

ex; its raining cats and dogs 

break a leg

What is idiom

500

The two types of characterization 

__________ characterization: the narrator tells use something about the characters directly 

__________ characterization: the author shows things that reveal the personality of the character through speech, thought, effect on others, actions, and looks. 

What is a direct characterization and indirect characterization

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