Narrative Poetry

Multiple Choice

What is a narrative?

• A spoken or written series of events experienced by a character(s).

• A spoken or written series of events about a character's experience with growing up.

• A spoken or written fact-based series of events about a person's memories and experiences.

• A spoken or written series of events about imaginary people, places, and events.

​In other words...

a narrative is a story.

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All stories have parts, or elements

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​Elements of literature, or parts of a story

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Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement ​

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English | Poetry Unit

​Kriegl | Introduction to Narrative Poetry

Multiple Choice

The part of the story called the exposition introduces readers to....

• the characters, conflict, setting, and background information

• the suspense of the story, how the conflict grows, and new characters

• the resolution, how the characters have changed, and the end

• none of these

​Readers learn/meet:

• main characters

• setting

• key background info

• conflict ​

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​The exposition introduces the story to the reader.

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Another word we use for the exposition of a story is

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Multiple Choice

In this part of the story, the suspense is building as we inch toward the climax. What is this part of the story called?

• Inciting incident

• Rising action

• Climax

• Falling action

​This is the meat of the story. We learn about the characters as they develop, meet new characters, perhaps travel to different places, and the conflict grows.​

Rising action is where the drama happens! ​

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is the most intense part of the story, or point of no return.

Climax

​This is the most important part of the story!

​We see the conflict come to a head in an intense way. Our characters tend to change, for the better or for the worst. After this moment, the rest of the story begins to wind down. It is often called the point of no return.

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identifies the part of the story that leads to the end. The drama, or suspense, is slowing down.

Events are taking place that lead us towards the end. ​

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​Falling action

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Multiple Select

During the falling action, a the events of the story are...

• leading to the climax.

• slowing down and heading towards the end.

• becoming more intensified as suspense builds.

• just beginning.

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The part of the story where all lose ends are tied up can be referred to as the resolution or the

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