The Elements of Narrative Art

The Elements of Narrative Art

by Amanda Ortega

Multiple Select

Choose the elements included in narrative art:

• Characters

• Setting

• Popcorn

• Point of View

• Plot

Open Ended

Speed Creative Challenge: Come up with a character's name and give it a personality trait based on his, her or its name.

For example, a gray kitty named Thanos because he looks at people like it wants them to disappear.

Multiple Choice

The ones who represent specific stereotypes. These characters are types and not individuals. They are based on clichés and social prejudices.

For example, the dumb blonde, the mean stepmother, the loyal servant, the abusive boyfriend, or the evil dictator or CEO are all...

• Protagonists

• Foil

• Stock Characters

• Antagonists

Open Ended

The plot is the shape of the action. The relationship between the incidents. E.M. Forster in The Art of the Novel said: "the king died, and then the queen died" is not a plot but merely a report of two incidents. But " the king died, and then the queen died of grief," is a plot.

Based on the text, write a short plot with your previously invented character. For example, "Thanos the cat scratched my face, so I had to rush to the hospital because of the blood pouring out of my wounds.

Open Ended

Include a setting to complement your short plot:

Multiple Choice

All stories are narrated from a point of view. But first, who is the narrator?

• the person who reads the story

• the person who sells the story

• the person who hates the story

• the person who tells the story

Open Ended

Choose the Field Mouse or the Town Mouse: Write one sentence from the first-person point of view.

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