Narrative Conventions

The elements and techniques employed by a writer to make meaning in a story. Include characters, setting, point of view and more.

• Narrative conventions

• Language features

• Storyboards

• Story features

The people or animals in a narrative are called:

• Objects

• People of interest

• Characters

• Story people

Sympathetic characters are:

• Characters who make bad choices

• Characters who appeal to us in a positive manner and readers are encouraged to like

• Characters who cry a lot

• Characters who appeal to us in a negative manner and readers are encouraged to dislike

Unsympathetic characters are:

• Characters that readers are encouraged to dislike

• Characters that readers are encouraged to like

• Characters that never cry

• Characters that always make the right choices

The protagonist in a book is:

• The leading character who is the primary agent in propelling the story forward

• A minor character who only appears in the novel once or twice

• The character who causes conflict in the novel

• The conflict

The antagonist in a book is:

• A minor character who only appears in the novel once or twice

• The leading character who propels the novel forwards

• The setting

• The character who works against the protagonist and is usually the primary source of conflict for the protagonist

The setting of a novel is the:

• Time and location the novel is represented as happening in

• The concrete slab that a novel stands in

• The time that a minor event happens in the novel

• The place that a major event occurs at in the novel

The plot in a novel is:

• A plan made in secret by an individual or group of people

• A small piece of ground marked out for the purpose of gardening

• The sequence of events in a story.

• A graph showing the relation between two variables

Which of these is not part of the plot in a novel?

• Rising action

• Falling action

• Climax

• Timing piece

The two types of conflict in a novel are:

• Internal and external

• Inside and outside

• Positive and negative

• Under and over