Narrative Writing Vocabulary

True or False: An autobiography is a story about the author (written by the author)

• True

• False

People, animals, beings, creatures, or things in a story are called what?

True or False: The inciting incident is the highest point of tension or drama in the plot.

• True

• False

The exchange of a conversation or spoken words between two or more characters in a written work is...

• Dialogue

• Discourse

• Dialoge

• Discorse

The way in which a writer conveys what they want to say to their reader and the methods that they use to develop a story is...

• Elementals

• Technique

• Elements

• Techniqe

WHERE the story takes place is called the...

A word or phrase that connects one idea to another is called a

• Segue

• Segway

• Transiton

• Transition

Words that activate your 5 senses are called...

• Senses

• Scentsy

• Sensory Language

• Language Arts

The narrator's position in relation to a story being told is called...

• pov

• point of view

• Perspective

• Position

Section of writing in memoir vignettes that explains what the common thread between the vignettes is and what its significance (importance) is a...

• forward

• foreward

• foreword

• forword