Parts of Plot
Key Elements of Narrative Stories
Writing Assessment
Paragraph Writing
100

The beginning of the story, where the characters, setting, and conflict are first described

Exposition/Introduction

100

People, animals, or other creatures that take part in the events of a story. 

Characters

100

The amount of time you have to take the writing assessment

60 minutes/1 hour

100

The four types of figurative language you can use in your writing to describe characters and settings

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Onomatopoeia

200

The turning point of the story, the moment of highest tension or drama. It is the point at which the conflict is resolved, either positively or negatively.

Climax

200

The underlying moral that the story is trying to explore or the lesson that it is trying to teach.

Theme

200

The first thing you should do when you start your assessment

Plan your story
200
This shows when characters are speaking in the story

dialogue

300

The part of the story where the conflict is fully resolved and the plot is brought to a close

Resolution

300

Sequence of events that make up a story.

Plot

300

The last thing you should do to complete your writing

Revise and edit

300

You should do this are the beginning of each paragraph to show that it is a new paragraph

indent

400

The part of the story that follows the climax and leads to the end of the story but is not the end itself.

Falling action

400

Time or place in which the story takes place

Setting

400

the amount of paragraphs a complete narrative has

five

400

This should be at the beginning of your narrative to get the reader's attention

Hook:dialogue/onomatopoeia

500

This is the part of the story where the conflict begins to build and the plot starts to unfold.

Rising action

500

The struggle or problem that drives the plot forward

Conflict

500

the genre of your writing assessment

Science Fiction

500

This belongs at the beginning of each paragraph to show the order

Transition word