Narrative Basics
Setting = ? + Place
Time
What are the 5 key points on the plot diagram?
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
What leads from the climax to the resolution?
Falling Action
Rising Action
Exposition
Falling action leads from the climax to the resolution.
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
Every sentence starts with a ...
Every sentence starts with a capital letter.
What is a character?
1) A person that has a goal.
2) The traits that a character demonstrates in a story.
3) A person, animal, or figure in a story.
A character is a person, animal, or figure in a story.
The sequence of events that takes place in a story is called the ...
Conflict
Plot
Setting
The sequence of events that takes place in a story is called the plot
What is a narrative?
A narrative is a story.
A word that describes an action, state of being, or occurrence.
What is a verb?
Every sentence ends with...
Every sentence ends with punctuation.
. ? !
What is an antagonist?
The character who is the hero.
The character who is an obstacle for the protagonist.
The character who always dies.
The antagonist is the character who is an obstacle for the protagonist.
What is internal conflict?
Person vs. Person
Person vs. Self
Person vs. Nature
Internal conflict is when the problem is inside the character's mind: Person vs Self. The character is in a fight against himself.
What is dialogue?
How the characters look
The conversations between characters
What the characters like to do
Dialogue is the conversations between characters.
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
When do you use quotation marks?
When writing dialogue (what a person says out loud).
The main character who is trying to achieve a goal is the ...
The main character who is trying to achieve a goal is the protagonist.
What is conflict?
Conflict is the problems that characters must overcome.
What should an exposition include?
Characters, setting, and conflict.
A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
What is an adverb?
How do you show inner-thinking?
Using italics when a character thinks something in their head.
What is characterization?
The character traits a character shows in a story.
The people in a story who show emotions.
The hero in the story.
Characterization is the character traits a character shows in a story.
What is an external conflict?
A problem that is happening inside a character's mind.
A problem that is extra difficult.
A problem that is between a character and an outside force.
An external conflict is a problem between a character and an outside force.
What is a climax?
The climax is the highest point of tension and the turning point.
Find the 2 adjectives in the sentence.
Everyone is excited about the short week.
What are excited and short?
Fix the 2 mistakes:
"If I solve this question " Gabe added "I will feel great."
"If I solve this question," Gabe added, "I will feel great."