Narrative Elements Review

Which questions about a story will the setting answer?

• What is the author’s attitude toward the characters?

• Who are the people the story is about?

• Where and when does the story take place?

• Why and when did the author write the story?

What is the setting of the passage below?

One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

• winter in a train station of a busy city

• a summer morning in a castle

• a hospital in the future

• a grocery store in the 1980s

A character that we know little about

• Round

• Dynamic

• Static

• Flat

Read the passage and determine if it is direct characterization or indirect characterization:

"Mark stomped to his room and slammed the door. Everything seemed so unfair.

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

A reader can tell that a character is dynamic if

• the character stays the same throughout the text.

• the character changes as a result of their interactions with other characters in a text

• the character changes after learning a lesson from a new experience

• the character changes as a result of a challenge in a text

Read the passage below:

Even though she loved to dance, Shannon was nervous about joining the dance team. She tried out and made it, but never said a word to anyone. At each dance practice, Shannon got a little more comfortable with her team. By the end of the season, not only did she make friends, but she even taught the team a few dance moves.

Shannon is an example of what type of character?

• Dynamic

• Static

• Round

• Flat

The most exciting point of the story, and is a turning point for the plot or goals of the main character.

• Characters

• Conflict

• Climax

• Conclusion

Check all of the following that are part of a plot diagram?

• Exposition

• Characterization

• Rising Action

• Resolution

Everything that happens as a result of the climax, including wrapping up of plot points, questions being answers, and character development.

• Rising Action

• Protagonist

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Once upon a time, there were three bears. There was a Daddy Bear, who was very big, a Mama Bear, who was middle-sized, and a Baby Bear, who was very small. They all lived together in a little cottage in the middle of the woods."

This is an example of . . .

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Resolution