Narrative Techniques

Imagery

• Uses sensory language to describe

• Copying and pasting pictures into stories

• Using symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• The rate at which a story moves

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Voice

• The movement or rate at which a story moves

• The individual style of the author or narrator

• Painting word pictures in the readers' minds

• The conversation between two characters in the story

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.W.7.3B

Pacing

• Doing something at a steady speedy to not tire oneself out

• Conversation between characters

• Unique voice for each writer

• Speed/rhythm of writing

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.3B

Dialogue

• Conversation between characters

• Word choice

• Speed at which story moves

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Select the example that is formatted correctly:

• HEY! The boy yelled as he raced after his dog.

• "Hey!" The boy yelled as he raced after his dog.

• Hey! "The boy yelled as he raced after his dog."

• "Hey! The boy yelled as he raced after his dog."

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Select the tips for creating the best dialogue:

• Always state the obvious

• Have the characters meet and greet one another

• Use dialogue to reveal characters' personalities

• Use dialogue in place of action

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is exposition?

• An introduction of a story's main ideas

• The event that sets off the conflict in the story

• A decision that changes a protagonist's life

• The moment when all loose ends of a story are tied up

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the main purpose of the "rising action?"

• To provide a series of exciting events

• To put the protagonist through progressively more complicated choices and events

• To set up the protagonist to succeed against his or her foes in the climax

• To introduce parallel plots and side characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

The plot of a story is

• The people in the story
• The time and place of the story
• The problem in the story
• The sequence of events in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

The problems, worries, and tensions between characters, situations, and the environment is known as the:

• setting

• conflicts

• dialogue

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9