Narrative Review

​Review the 6 main parts of narrative structure with your neighbor and then get ready for some questions.

Multiple Choice

What is a narrative?

• The person who tells a story.

• A story

• A problem

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Which part of the narrative structure serves to move the plot forward?

• The resolution

• The climax

• The falling action

• The rising action

Multiple Choice

The beginning of the story is known as the _____.

• climax
• resolution
• rising action
• exposition

Multiple Choice

The crucial decision or turning point in a story is called the _____.

• exposition
• climax
• resolution
• rising action

Multiple Choice

Another name for the end of the story is the ____.

• resolution
• rising action
• falling action
• exposition

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A narrative text that is ordered from beginning to end chronologically.

• Circular narrative

• Linear narrative

• Non-Linear narrative

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If a story contains many flashbacks it is considered to have a _____.

• linear plot
• non-linear plot 

Multiple Choice

What is conflict?

• Two characters getting along.
• A struggle between two opposing forces.
• The climax in a story.
• Part of the resolution.

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What is the definition of an internal conflict?

• A hero in a story that saves many lives.
• A problem that a character has with other characters.
• A struggle between a character and a family member.
• A struggle that a character faces within him/her self.

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What is the definition of an external conflict?

• A struggle between a character and an outside force.
• A problem within the story.
• A struggle that a character has within him/her self.
• A problem caused by the protagonist.

Multiple Choice

The main conflict in "Little Red Riding Hood" is that there is a Big Bad Wolf in the forest, making Little Red's trip all the more dangerous and suspenseful.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A man is fighting a bear. Is this external or internal conflict?

• External

• Internal

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A man is trying to find the will power to continue a marathon. Is this an external or an internal conflict?

• External

• Internal

Multiple Choice

Characterization is the way an author reveals what a character's personality is like and what they look like physically.

• true
•  false
• sometimes true
• There is no such thing as characterization.

Multiple Choice

The author tells the reader about a character's personality.

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

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The author shows the reader about a character's personality.

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

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A character, Nicki, is friendly. The author shows this by having Nicki sit down at a lunch table with a group of kids she doesn’t know and introduce herself. What is the author using to show Nicki’s trait?

• Nicki's thoughts
• Nicki's feelings
• Nicki's actions

Multiple Choice

Uncle Jon smells bad and wears old clothes.

Does this sentence use direct or indirect characterization?

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

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Mackenzie showed her latest artwork to her art teacher the next day, and her teacher submitted it to an art competition. Mackenzie’s work won 2nd place!

Does this sentence use direct or indirect characterization?

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

Multiple Choice

After glancing around to make sure she wasn't being watched, Marissa slid the candy bar into her pocket.  She walked out of store casually, not stopping to pay. Marissa is _____ characterized as _____.

• Directly; selfish

• Indirectly: sneaky

• Directly: thrifty

• Indirectly: rude

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Felipe smacked his lips greedily as he devoured the green bean casserole, leaving not a speck on his plate.

Which SENSORY DETAIL is the writer using?

• Sight

• Sound

• Smell

• Taste

• Touch

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The Niagara Falls was a breathtaking place to behold. The water rapidly ran over the precipice into the huge body of water.

Which SENSORY DETAIL is the writer using?

• Sight

• Sound

• Smell

• Taste

• Touch

Multiple Choice

Writers create imagery through figurative language.  Which is NOT a type of figurative language.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• theme

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_____ is the place, time period, and duration of a story.

• setting
• plot
• characters
• theme

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Time in a setting can refer to all of the following except _____.

• A time period

• How much time passes in the story

• Time of day

• How long it takes you to read the story

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Which questions about the story will the setting answer?

• the author's attitude toward the characters

• Where and when the story takes place

• 
  Why the author wrote the story

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What is a simile?

• A comparison of two things not using "like" or "as"

• A comparison of two things that uses "like" or "as"

• A person, place or thing

• A phrase that says one thing but means another

Multiple Choice

What do similes and metaphors have in common?

• They both use math equations.

• They both use "like" or "as."

• They can not be used to describe people.

• They compare two or more things.

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What is the definition of a metaphor?

• A formula you use to get the slope of a graph.

• A word that shows action

• A comparison of two things that does not use "like" or "as."

• A comparison of two things that uses "like" or "as."

Multiple Choice

The message or lesson that the author wants you to learn from the story is called the

• thesis
• summary
• theme
• plot

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A story can have more than one theme.

• true
• false

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A story's main theme might be difficult to figure out because:

• Authors rarely want the reader to figure it out

• It has little to do with plot, characters, and other story elements

• Only complicated, adult stories have themes

• It is rarely stated explicitly

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a theme?

• Unity between family

• The correlation between money and evil

• hard work pays off
• love

Multiple Choice

Don't judge a book by its cover is an example of a/an _____.

• setting

• topic

• theme
• autobiography

Multiple Choice

"A Signature Design" is told from the ____ point of view.

• First point of view: Marla

• Second point of view: reader

• Third point of view: boss

• Third point of view: Maria

Multiple Choice

Marla's identity in "A Signature Design" can best be described as ______.

• Working class

• High class

• All economic classes at once

Multiple Choice

The phrase "an alcove strewn with last season's remnants" can best be described as _______.

• imagery

• characterization

• conflict

• point of view

Multiple Choice

Since Marla bites the expensive bags, it can be inferred that she is _____.

• Curious about the quality

• Aggravated with her boss

• Annoyed with her coworkers

• Estranged from her family

Multiple Choice

The narrative structure of the story can best be described as a ______.

• Linear

• Nonlinear

• Circular

• Rectangular

Multiple Choice

One possible theme of the story might be ______.

• Different economic classes receive different treatment from society.

• Biting a bag is only wrong if you get caught.

• Higher classes should treat lower classes kindly because they aren't as rich.

• You should eat the rich.

Multiple Choice

The main conflict of the story is ____.

• The amount of money Marla has compared to those who shop at her store.

• The fact that Marla is rich, but wants to be richer.

• Marla wants to marry her boss so she can be rich.

Multiple Choice

The metaphor "elegant confections" is meant to make the handbags seem ___.

• Beautiful and desirable

• Sacred and untouchable

• Despicable and expensive

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The exposition of the story includes _____.

• The inferred price of the bags.

• Shoppers being ushered to the Tourists Corner.

• Marla biting the bag.

Multiple Choice

The opening sentence of the text includes the indirect characterization of Marla being part of the_____ class.

• Upper

• Middle/lower