Narrative Writing Vocabulary

A narrative is...

• a story

• a list of instructions

• only a true story

• only a fictional story

Time and place

• Dialogue

• Characterization

• Setting

• Sequence

The order in which events happen

• Cause and effect

• Transition

• Sequence

• Coherence

An event that makes something else happen.

• Cause and effect

• Sequence

• Transition

• Incident

Words or phrases that connect ideas, details or events in writing.

• Sequence

• Coherence

• Transition

• Conflict

The clear and orderly presentation of ideas in writing

• Coherence

• Setting

• Transition

• Conflict

A struggle between opposing forces

• Coherence

• Conflict

• Narrative

• Connotation

A piece of writing that describes an incident and includes a personal response to and reflection on the event.

• Fiction

• Narrative

• Nonfiction

• Memoir

The perspective of a story (ex: first person, third person)

• Position

• First person

• Narrative

• Point of view

The suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word – beyond its literal definition.

• Abstract

• Literal

• Connotation

• Denotation