Nonfiction Narrative Elements

Which element of narrative nonfiction shows us a dragging story or a rushing story?

• Pacing

• Major/Minor Characters

• Transitions

• Conclusions

The problem or conflict in the story comes to a head at the ______________ (4th paragraph).

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Resolution

Having a narrator expressing their own story means we're dealing with which point of view?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

• Fifth person

Dialogue is conversation between:

• You and yourself

• Two people

• One person

• Your journal and you

The sequence of events in the story is also known as:

• The theme

• The conflict

• The characters

• The plot

If your paragraph is suffering from being too small, you can always add _________________ to beef it up. (Don't touch Blake's beef, though. He gets mad.)

• More problem or conflict

• More characters

• More sensory language or descriptive details

• More dialogue

Strongest answer: what affects the tone of a passage?

• Author's transitioning

• Author's word choice

• Author's point of view

• Author's ideas

Why is it important to be genuinely reflective in your essay?

• So I'm believable to readers.

• So I can look over the top.

• So I can convince people I'm right.

• So I can sound pretty.

The author's tone tells me__________

• How much we love the feels.

• How my mom feels.

• How the reader feels.

• How the author feels.

What's the first thing you should write in your body paragraph?

• A problem or conflict in the story.

• A hook.

• A connected idea to the last thing in the paragraph before.

• A character description.