Parts of a narrative (Story)

Characters

100

A character can be:

A person or animal in a story. 

200

What is the main character?

Who the story is mostly about. 

300

True/False: There can only be 1 character. 

False

400

Name a character you can think of. 

I, Aunt Viv, Glen, Willie, Fritz, etc. 

500

How could you be a character?

If someone wrote a story about you. 

Setting

100

True/False:

The setting is ONLY where the story happens.

False. 

200

What is the setting?

The time AND place where the story happens. 

300

Name a setting you can think of

School, home, zoo, work, etc. 

400

True/False: A zebra is a setting. 

False, it is a character. 

500

True or False: There can only be one setting in a narrative

False

Problem/solution

100

What is a problem?

Something that goes wrong in a story. 

200

What is a solution?

A way to fix the problem. 

300

True/False: A problem could be that a character lost a very important paper. 

True

400

True/False: A solution could be one character helping another character. 

True

500

How can you figure out the problem in a story?

Think about "what is something that goes wrong for the main character?"