Narrative Techniques
Beginning
Middle
End
Grammar
100

When you tell a story, you are telling a ___.

What is a narrative?

100

This word describes the main character in any narrative.

What is the protagonist?

100
The middle includes the telling of the story. These kinds of details should be included in the story.
What are sensory details?
100

The end of the narrative is called the conclusion or ___.

What is the resolution?

100

A comma splice is when two complete sentences are joined with a ___.

What is a comma?

200

A narrative may be fiction or ___.

What is nonfiction?

200

This word describes where and when the narrative takes place.

What is the setting?

200

In the narrative essay, we should ___ our readers the story and not tell them.

What is show?

200

The resolution is the conclusion of the narrative's ___.

What is the plot?

200

The three elements of a complete sentence are ___.

What are the subject, verb, and complete thought?

300

The insertion of background information within a narrative is called ___.

What is exposition?

300

The beginning of the narrative where the characters and setting are introduced.

What is the exposition?

300

This is the high point of the narrative, when readers' involvement is the greatest.

What is the climax?
300

The narrative should NEVER end with these two words.

What is the end?

300

An independent clause is also known as ___.

What is a complete sentence?

400
Writing that helps readers to picture scenes, events, and characters is called ___.

What is description?

400

The part of the introduction that is designed to catch the reader's attention.

What is the hook?

400

There might be interesting talking which is called ___.

What is dialogue?

400

Narratives typically conclude with the resolution of the ___.

What is the central conflict?

400

A fragment is also known as this type of clause.

What is a dependent or subordinate clause?

500

This is the literary voice, developed by the creator of the story, that delivers information to the audience.

What is the narrator?

500

This is the final sentence of the introductory paragraph.

What is the thesis statement?

500

When using dialogue, these punctuation marks should be used.

What are quotation marks?

500

The main idea, or the ___, should be included in the conclusion.

What is the theme?

500

FANBOYS stands for ___.

What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?