Narrative Elements

What is narrative writing?

• writing meant to inform the reader on a topic

• writing that tells a story, fiction or based on true events

• writing that argues a certain viewpoint

• writing that describes something

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is third-person point of view?

• When one of the characters is telling the story using the pronoun “I”

• When the narrator is all-knowing, and the story can center on the thoughts and actions of any and all characters

• When the story centers on one character’s thoughts and actions

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is rising action?

• the series of crises and conflicts that lead to the climax

• the most intense moment of the story

• the start of a story before the action starts

• where the events and complications begin resolving themselves

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The setting of a story includes what of the following (check all that apply)

• time

• characters

• place

• dialogue

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The ____ is the major character who opposes the protagonist in a story.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Theme is...

• the moral

• the message the author is conveying

• the central conflict

• the main character

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

All of the following are elements of plot EXCEPT

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Dialogue

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

When Christy snuck into the old house down the street, she saw a ghost, who chased her out and told her to never come back.

What kind of conflict is this?

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Nature

• Man vs. Supernatural

• Man vs. Technology

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Authors develop characters through what of the following (check all that apply)

• what the character says or does

• explaining when and where the story takes place

• what characters say to each other

• word choice in descriptive passages

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the correct order for elements of plot?

• exposition, falling action, rising action, climax, resolution

• climax, exposition, rising action, falling action, resolution

• rising action, resolution, climax, falling action, exposition

• exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5