Narrative Quiz

Check all of the following that are elements of narrative/story ...

• plot

• theme

• setting

• character

Setting includes the ___ of the story/narrative.

• place and time

• characters

• theme

• point of view

The author's purpose of narrative writing is ...

• to entertain

• to inform

• to show not tell

• to persuade

A story's setting helps to create the _____, or emotional atmosphere, that you sense as you read.

• mood

• point of view

• character

• theme

_____ are the people, animals, or other creatures carrying out the action in a story.

• Characters

• Plot

• Theme

• Setting

• Point of View

Characters can be _____, or consistent and unchanging.

• static

• dynamic

Characters can be _____ or inconsistent, as real-life people are, and capable of change and growth.

• dynamic

• static

The main character, or _____, and other major characters are responsible for most of the action.

• protagonist

• antagonist

Some stories also feature an _____ - the main character's chief opponent.

• antagonist

• protagonist

If the narrator is one of the characters and calls himself or herself "I," the story is being told from the _____ point of view.

• first person

• third person