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Narrative Elements
Story Arc
Key Terms
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The time and place where the events of a story take place.
What is the setting
100
The moment of highest drama and tension in a narrative, in which the main conflict is confronted fully.
What is the climax
100
The term we use to describe the main character or principle actor in a narrative, the person with whom the reader most closely relates.
What is the protagonist
200
The process that involves letting a reader know who the people in the story are and what they are like.
What is character development
200

The first part of a story arc where the setting is established and characters are introduced.

What is the setting the scene

200
A character in a narrative who is opposed to the protagonist or protagonists; a villain.
What is the antagonist
300
The central struggle or tension within a narrative that shapes the plot and drives the action forward.
What is conflict
300
The point in the story arc where the main conflict is introduced and the tension begins to build.
What is the rising action
300
The emotional voice that an author brings to a narrative.
What is the tone
400
The angle or perspective from which a story is told.
What is point-of-view
400
The point in the story arc where the characters have faced the main conflict and events begin falling into place.
What is the falling action
400
The emotions that a narrative makes a reader feel.
What is the mood
500
A main idea or message that is presented by the author in various ways throughout a narrative.
What is theme
500

The final step in the story arc in which all loose ends of the narrative are tied up and the story ends.

What is the resolution or conclusion

500
A person, object, action, place, or event in a narrative that in addition to its literal meanings suggests a more complex meaning.
What is a symbol