Narrative Writing Review

​What is plot structure?

​What does every story need?

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How do we create that with plot structure?​

Multiple Choice

What does every story need?

• Beginning

• Middle

• End

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What elements make up the beginning?

• Exposition, Conflict

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Multiple Choice

Which portion will make up the majority of your story?

• Climax

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Resolution

Multiple Choice

What is the most suspenseful or turning point of your story?

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Resolution

Multiple Choice

What will make up the end of your story?

• Falling Action, Resolution

• Rising Action

• Climax, Falling Action

• Exposition

​Theme

What is theme?

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What should a theme contain?

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What are not parts of a theme?

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Multiple Choice

What is a theme?

• A universal lesson the author of a story wants me to learn

• The role models and characters found in a story

• The events of a story and the surrounding settings

• The reason the author wrote the piece

​Foreshadowing

What is foreshadowing?

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Which story showed a lot of this?​

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Multiple Choice

What is foreshadowing?

• When something unsuspected or ironic happens

• A hint towards what may happen in the story

• When the audience knows something the characters don't

• The lesson the author is trying to get across

Point of View

What are the four types?

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What are the differences between them?​

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Multiple Choice

Everyone was watching the new student. Jacob noticed her hair was extremely long, almost to the floor. Eloise on the other hand, noticed that her eyes were sparkling blue.

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Multiple Choice

I caught my breath. There he was -- the perfect puppy. His chocolate brown eyes stared up at me from the kennel. His fur was black, spotted with tufts of white.

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Multiple Choice

Your task, should you choose to accept, is to travel to Morocco and meet your contact. She will inform you on the details to follow.

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Multiple Choice

Josh pushed forward. The finish line was just ahead, but his legs ached with pain. He knew family had traveled to see him race, and he was suddenly racked with guilt that he might disappoint them.

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

​Symbolism

How many times does it occur?

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What kind of object is it? What does it do?​

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​Symbol

Motif

How often do motifs occur?

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​What kind of items are motifs?

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Multiple Choice

What is the concrete part of a symbol?

• The idea that something represents

• The physical image or other thing representing something else

• A slab of concrete

• The feeling that the story evokes

Multiple Choice

What can the color red represent?

• Nature

• Love

• Saddness

• Intelligence

Multiple Choice

How often should a symbol show up in a story?

• 10+

• 5-6

• 1-2

• 0

Multiple Choice

What could a crow symbolize?

• Beauty

• Death

• Happiness

• Love

Multiple Choice

What would be a symbol for beauty?

• Rose

• Mushroom

• River

• Cat

​Irony

What are the three types of irony?

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​How do we identify the different types?

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Multiple Choice

What is situational irony?

• When the audience knows something the characters don't

• When something is said but is meant differently

• When something unexpected occurs that is different than the norm

• When the author knows something the audience doesn't

Multiple Choice

What is verbal irony?

• When the audience knows something the characters don't.

• When something is said but it is meant differently

• When the author knows something the characters don't.

• When something unexpected that is different than the norm occurs.

Multiple Choice

What is dramatic irony?

• When the audience knows something the characters don't

• When something is said but meant differently

• When the author knows something the characters don't

• When something unexpected that is different than the norm occurs