Narrative Writing Vocabulary

Conversations carried on between characters in a piece of writing is called...

• Speaking
• Conflict
• Dialogue
• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The person telling the story.

• Narrator
• First Person Point of View
• Third Person Point of View
• Narrative Writing

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.K.6

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

• Falling Action
• Resolution
• Climax
• Exposition 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Fiction or non-fiction writing that tells a story.

• Descriptive Writing
• Expository Writing
• Narrator
• Narrative Writing

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.K.6

The author describes how the problem is solved.

• Falling Action
• Setting 
• Rising ACtion
• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The turning point of the story where the main conflict is decided one way or another.

• Falling Action
• Climax
• Conflict
• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The author describes the conflict or problem the characters must face; tensions rise.

• Climax
• Conflict
• Falling Action
• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The time and place in which a story happens.

• Exposition
• Setting
• Conflict
• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

Opening of the story; author describes the setting, gives background info & intros characters.

• Narrator
• Conflict
• Exposition
• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

The struggle between opposing forces; the problem handled by the main character.

• Conflict
• Climax
• Rising Action
• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9