ANALYZING PLOT NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES

What narrative technique is used when there is a beginning, middle, and end?

• CHRONOLOGICAL OR SEQUENTIAL

• FLASHBACK

• IN MEDIAS RES

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What narrative technique is used when the story has an interruption to show a scene from the past?

• CHRONOLOGICAL OR SEQUENTIAL

• FLASHBACK

• IN MEDIAS RES

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

These are stories that begin in the middle then through a series of flashbacks tell what happened in the past, and then the stories proceed to the conclusion.

• CHRONOLOGICAL OR SEQUENTIAL

• FLASHBACK

• IN MEDIAS RES

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When he woke up that afternoon with a headache, John could only remember two things: one, someone has broken into his home; two, that person had not been alone.

What is the narrative technique used above?

• CHRONOLOGICAL OR SEQUENTIAL

• FLASHBACK

• IN MEDIAS RES

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Ms. Abbie teaches English classes online from Mondays to Fridays. She does bible story reading to young children on Saturdays. Then she joins their virtual congregation meeting on Sundays.

• CHRONOLOGICAL OR SEQUENTIAL

• FLASHBACK

• IN MEDIAS RES

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Rose was already cooking using her electric stove when the power was cut. She remembers what she and her dad would use to cook in camp. She was able to finish cooking using firewood.

• CHRONOLOGICAL OR SEQUENTIAL

• FLASHBACK

• IN MEDIAS RES

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The narrator in the classic Romeo and Juliet began with the scene of two lovers' dead bodies being carried out in the city and telling of the grudge between the two families that ended in this tragedy.

• CHRONOLOGICAL OR SEQUENTIAL

• FLASHBACK

• IN MEDIAS RES

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What narrative technique is used when the story starts in the middle or climax, without exposition?

• CHRONOLOGICAL OR SEQUENTIAL

• FLASHBACK

• IN MEDIAS RES

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3