Narrative Elements
Where and when a story takes place; how much time is covered in a story (duration)
What is setting?
What is text evidence?
What is the exposition?
What are internal and external?
Which sentence is not written correctly?
A. We walked up the staircase through the door.
B. The principal half turned to look at us over her glasses.
C. Like in the first grade.
D. I would learn to overcome many fears because of this experience.
What is letter C?
The problem in a story is called the ...
What is conflict?
Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. What can you infer about the type of work Paul does?
What is he works in a job outside or in construction?
What is the resolution?
"Martin felt nervous when he got back to the building after school. But why should he be afraid of an old lady? He felt ashamed of himself. He pressed the button and stepped into the elevator, hoping that it would not stop, but it stopped on the third floor."
What type of conflict is this?
What is Character vs. Self?
Identify the type of sentence below:
Morgan and Riley plan to enter their robot in an engineering competition.
What is a simple sentence?
The character who works against the main character is called the...
What is antagonist?
A siren is heard going past the school. Students could see blue and red lights flashing through the windows.
What evidence supports that there is an emergency?
What is a siren or blue/red lights?
The most intense part of the story is called the climax. Following the climax is the _____________.
What is the falling action?
“The funnel was a monster train churning through the sky, barreling across the fields toward us. Wind battered us from every direction as rain changed to little chunks of pelting hail."
What type of conflict is this?
What is Character vs. Nature?
Which word would be best used to add a more descriptive replacement for angry in the sentence below.
By this time, Dr. Crum was ANGRY.
A. moody
B. bothered
C. upset
D. furious
What is letter D?
Ms. Barham could not hear the front office call her walkie talkie because her walkie talkie battery was dead.
What is technology?
Today I was late for my volleyball game. Mom pulled the car over several times to study the map she had printed off the Internet. Mom even made me go into a convenience store to see if I could get some help in there. When we finally got to the gym, the girls on my team were almost finished warming up.
Why was the student late for the game?
What is mom got lost/could not find the game?
What is the conflict?
Ronny has won second place in the science fair for the last two years, and Newton Robinson has taken first. Ronny hated how Newton gloated about his victories. This year, Ronny will stop at nothing to beat Newton. He has even enlisted the help of a Nobel Prize nominated scientist who was banished from the scientific community for his rouge experiments. Can Ronny and his mad scientist partner win against the undefeated Newton at this year's science fair?
What type of conflict is this?
What is Character vs. Character?
Identify the type of sentence below:
When the competition is over, Rowdy will be kept in Mr. Blake's science class.
What is a complex sentence?
Before school, the students stood outside protesting not being allowed to wear hats in the building.
What is society?
You are walking outside and go past the cafeteria door and have to step over a face down slice of pizza, and walk around a spilled milk, and you see a trash can tipped over. The principal is talking to two students who look upset. What can you infer about what happened?
What is a fight, food fight, or knocked the trash can down?
What part of the plot diagram jump starts the story? The story would not happen without the________.
What is the initating/inciting event
It’s the year 1847 and Hallie is tired of being treated as a second-class citizen. As a married woman, she does not have the right to own property and she has no legal claim to any money that she earns. She and a group of concerned activists including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, hold a convention in Seneca Falls, NY with a plan to change the world. Join Hallie as she marches, lobbies, and struggles to win equal rights for her gender, one mind at a time.
What type of conflict is this?
What is Character vs. Society?
Identify the type of sentence below:
The robot can also sort objects, but it cannot count.
What is a compound sentence?