Narrative Elements
What is the time and place where the events of a story take place? __________.
Setting
__________ the very first step in the writing process in which brainstorming, graphic organization, research, and planning take place.
Prewriting
What is the moment of highest drama and tension in a narrative, in which the main conflict is confronted fully? __________.
Climax
What is a type of speech or writing that breaks away from the literal meaning in order to create a special effect or meaning? __________.
Figurative Language
__________ the term we use to describe the main character or principle actor in a narrative, the person with whom the reader most closely relates.
Protagonist
What is the process that involves letting a reader know who the people in the story are and what they are like? __________.
Character Development
__________ is the second step in the writing process in which the first or rough draft is created.
Writing or Drafting
What is the first part of a story arc where the setting is established and characters are introduced? __________.
Exposition
What is a comparison that is made between two unrelated things using the words "like" or "as"? __________.
Simile
A __________ is a character in a narrative who is opposed to the protagonist or protagonists; a villain.
Antagonist
What is the central struggle or tension within a narrative that shapes the plot and drives the action forward? __________.
Conflict
___________ is the third step in the writing process in which the writer rereads what he or she has written in the rough draft, gets feedback from others, and makes changes to ideas, organization, voice, word choice, and sentence fluency.
Revising
What is the point in the story arc where the main conflict is introduced and the tension begins to build? __________.
Rising Action
What is a comparison that is made between two unrelated things that does not use the words "like" or "as"? __________.
Metaphor
__________ is the emotional voice that an author brings to a narrative.
Tone
What is the angle or perspective from which a story is told? __________.
Point-of-View
__________ is the fourth step in the writing process in which the writer checks and corrects all errors in conventions, including spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.
Proofreading or Editing
What is the point in the story arc where the characters have faced the main conflict and events begin falling into place? __________.
Falling Action
What is a figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object? (Example: "The wind whispered through the window") __________.
Personification
The __________ is the emotions that a narrative makes a reader feel.
Mood
What is the main idea or message that is presented by the author in various ways throughout a narrative? __________.
Theme
__________ is the fifth and final step in the writing process in which the written work is prepared in its final form and presented to the teacher and/or class for evaluation.
Publishing
What is the final step in the story arc in which all loose ends of the narrative are tied up and the story concludes? __________.
Resolution or Denouement
What is an exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is literally true is a __________.
Hyperbole
A person, object, action, place, or event in a narrative that in addition to its literal meanings suggests a more complex meaning is the __________.
Symbol