Narrative Basics
What is the mode of discourse that focuses on storytelling?
Narrative
Name one organizational strategy used in narrative writing.
Flashback,flashforward,foreshadowing, or time sequence.
What is the term for organizing events in the order they happen?
Time sequence or chronological order
In the Alice excerpt, what was Alice tired of?
Sitting by her sister and having nothing to do
Narrative writing falls under which type of discourse?
Artistic Discourse
What organizational strategy shows events out of chronological order by jumping back in time?
Flashback
What part of the story is the turning point or peak of the action?
Climax
What did Alice think a book without pictures or conversations was?
Useless
Name two creative forms included in the narrative genre.
Novels, Short stories, poems, biographies, journals...
What narrative technique shows a scene that will happen in the future?
Flashforward
What usually happens after the climax in a story’s structure?
The story begins to settle and reaches a resolution)
Who is the character that disappears because of his own trick?
Anansi