Intro to Narrative Writing

Narrative Writing

Shaw 6th Grade English

Multiple Choice

Fiction or non-fiction writing that tells a story.

• Descriptive Writing
• Expository Writing
• Narrator
• Narrative Writing

Points of View

• First person is when “I” am telling the story. The character is in the story, relating his or her experiences directly. This is usually the protagonist.

• Second person-The story is told to “you.” This POV is not common in fiction, but it’s still good to know (it is common in nonfiction).

Points of View

• Third person point of view- The story is about “he” or “she.” This is the most common point of view in commercial fiction. The narrator is outside of the story and relating the experiences of a character.

• Third person point of view, omniscient. The story is still about “he” or “she,” but the narrator has full access to the thoughts and experiences of all characters in the story.

Multiple Choice

What clues help readers determine the point of view?

• pronouns

• the setting

• the conflict

• character names

Multiple Choice

The story is told by one of the characters - usually the protagonist and used pronouns like "I," "me," and "my."

• Third Person Point of View

• Narrator

• Narrative

• First Person Point of View

Multiple Choice

The story is told by a narrator who is not a character in the story. Uses pronouns like "they," "them," "he," "she," etc.

• First Person Point of View

• Narrator

• Third Person Point of View

• Narrative

Multiple Choice

The end of the story; brings the story to a satisfactory close.

• Falling Action
• Resolution
• Climax
• Exposition 

Multiple Choice

The author describes how the problem is solved.

• Falling Action

• Setting

• Rising Action

• Conflict

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a narrative?

• To give the reader information
• To persuade readers
• To tell a story
• To describe characters

Multiple Choice

Climax is...

• Events that make up a story

• The turning point for the protagonist (characters have to make a decision)

• setting and characters

• the solution to the problem

Multiple Choice

A struggle between two or more opposing forces.

• climax
• conflict
• character
• chapter

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is best shown here...

• man vs. man

• man vs. self

• man vs. nature

• man vs. society

Multiple Choice

In "Dog of Pompeii," what type of conflict did the characters face?

• man vs. self

• man vs. society

• man vs. nature

• man vs. man

Multiple Choice

In this element of plot, the author introduces the characters and setting...

• Resolution

• Climax

• Exposition

• Rising Action

Multiple Choice

The part of the story that ties up all the loose ends and takes care of the conflict

• the climax

• the theme

• the resolution

• the introduction

Multiple Choice

True or False.  A narrative must have characters.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Dialogue is 

• Action at the end of the story
• The conversation between characters
• Authors point of view
• Chronological order

Multiple Choice

_________________ means the time and place in which the events happen in a story.

• Chronological order
• Setting
• Dialogue
• Transition words

Multiple Choice

A look back to an earlier event...

• Flashback
• Foreshadowing
• theme
• rising action

Multiple Choice

Define foreshadowing.

• A flashback of what happened previously
• A hint at something that will happen later
• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

Multiple Choice

refers to the main idea or moral of the story.

• fable

• mood

• tone

• theme