Narrative Setting
Question: What term describes the time and place where a story occurs?
Answer: What is the setting?
True of False: Quotation marks belong at the beginning and the end of a line of character dialogue.
What is true?
"She sat down quickly when the teacher opened the door."
What is 3rd Person?
Exposition, Rising Actions, Climax, Falling Actions, and Resolution can be found on a what?
What is plot diagram?
Sarah wants to try out for the school play but feels too shy. She battles her fear of performing in front of others.
What is man vs. self.
First Paragraph of "To Kill a Mockingbird:"
When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem's fears of never being able to play football were calmed, he was almost never (concerned and a little worried about how you're acting or what you look like) about his injury. His left arm was somewhat shorter than his right; when he stood or walked, the back of his hand was at right angles to his body, his thumb parallel to his thigh. He couldn't have cared less, so long as he could pass and punt.
Situation or Background
True or False: The punctuation at the end of a line of dialog is written outside of the 2nd quotation mark.
I hate Science Class. It is too difficult.
What is 1st Person.
The most intense part of the narrative.
What is the climax?
Jake and Tom are on the same soccer team, but they constantly argue about who gets to be captain. Their rivalry affects the team’s performance.
What is Man vs. Man.
Question: In the book "Harry Potter," what is the name of the school where Harry learns magic?
Answer: What is Hogwarts?
What is false?
Which Part of Speech helps you identify the Point of View a narrative in a story?
[Verbs, Adverbs, Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Interjections, Conjunctions, Articles, Prepositions]
What are pronouns?
The part of the plot diagram where the characters and setting are introduced.
What is the exposition?
What are the 2 categories of character conflicts?
What is internal and external conflict?
Which part of the setting does the sentence below mostly represent?
"During first period is when I had the idea that I'm going to run for SGA President."
What is time?
What's missing?
No! You may not go to the restroom if your assignment is incomplete!
What are quotation marks?
"You wake up to the sound of your alarm, but instead of getting out of bed, you hit snooze for the fifth time. As you lie there, you start to wonder if you can actually survive another day without coffee. You convince yourself that today is the day you’ll finally learn how to make it. Spoiler alert: you still have no idea how to use the coffee machine."
What is 2nd Person?
The part of the plot diagram where the actions of the characters begin.
What are the rising actions?
During a camping trip, Lily gets separated from her group in the woods. She has to find her way back while dealing with rain and wild animals.
Man vs. Nature
What are the 3 elements that make up the setting in story writing?
Time, Place, and Situation/Background
The phrases in italics are called what?
"I dropped my water bottle," she said.
"Give it back!" she yelled as she ran after him.
"I like your new Jordan shoes!" he smiled as he glanced toward the floor.
What are dialogue tags?
"Mark stared at his empty coffee pot, contemplating life choices. He had promised himself he would start brewing coffee at home instead of relying on the café down the street. But as he fumbled with the machine and spilled grounds everywhere, he realized he was better suited for the drive-thru line than the kitchen. The world might never know the true potential of Mark’s barista skills."
What is 3rd Person?
Name the five elements of the plot diagram in order.
Exposition, Rising Actions, Climax, Falling Actions, and Resolution.
Kevin tries to complete a project on his computer, but it keeps crashing. He must figure out how to fix it before the deadline.
What is man vs. Technology?