Narrative Elements
The time (when) and place (where) the events of a story take place.
What is the setting
The very first step in the writing process
What is brainstorming
The moment of highest drama and tension in a narrative, in which the main conflict is confronted fully.
What is the climax
A type of speech or writing that breaks away from the literal meaning in order to create a special effect or meaning.
What is figurative language
The term we use to describe the main character or hero in a narrative.
What is the protagonist
What is character trait
This is the second step in the writing process in which the first or rough draft is created.
What is writing or drafting
The first part of a plot diagram where the setting is established and characters are introduced.
What is the exposition
A comparison that is made between two unrelated things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile
A character in a narrative who is opposed to the protagonist or protagonists; a villain.
What is the antagonist
The central struggle or tension within a narrative that shapes the plot and drives the action forward.
What is conflict
This 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.
What is revising
The point in the plot diagram where the main conflict is introduced and the tension begins to build.
What is the rising action
A comparison that is made between two unrelated things that does not use the words "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor
The emotional voice that an author brings to a narrative.
What is the tone
The angle or perspective from which a story is told.
What is point-of-view
This 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.
What is proofreading or editing
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
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object. (Example: "The wind whispered through the window.")
What is personification
The emotions that a narrative makes a reader feel.
What is the mood
The message that is presented by the author in various ways throughout a narrative.
What is theme
This 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.
What is publishing/ final drafting
The final step in the plot diagram in which all loose ends of the narrative are tied up and the story concludes.
What is the resolution
An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is literally true.
What is hyperbole
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