Narrative Writing Terms

the most exciting moment or turning point in a story

• climax

• point of view

• character

• falling action

main events of a story

• narrative writing

• resolution

• plot

• conflict

time and place of a story

• inciting action

• setting

• point of view

• resolution

the central idea or message of a story

• theme

• plot

• rising action

• character

the way the author chooses to tell or narrate a story

• resolution

• exposition

• point of view

• theme

a person or animal who takes part in the action of a story

• character

• rising action

• falling action

• climax

events after the climax, leading to the resolution

• theme

• exposition

• falling action

• conflict

main events of a story that create interest or suspense, leading up to the climax

• climax

• rising action

• setting

• resolution

the first event of the main problem in a story

• inciting action

• plot

• theme

• point of view

story that has real or imagined events

• narrative writing

• exposition

• conflict

• character