Narrative Composition

Which would be an example of third person narration?

• "Good timing, kitten," Gomez says.

• I must be gaping at them. "I'm sorry," I say and flee.

• "When in doubt, you should always avoid checking out a scary noise you hear at night."

Events are arranged in the order in which they occurred across time, but may include flashbacks.

• chronological order

• setting

• theme

• plot

A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time.

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• plot

• theme

The series of events in a narrative (includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution).

• plot

• dialogue

• point of view

• theme

The perspective from which a story is told: 1st person; 3rd person limited narrator; 3rd person omniscient.

• point of view

• plot

• theme

• chronological order

The time and place in which a narrative is set.

• theme

• setting

• plot

• characterization

The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character through their traits and motivations (can be direct or indirect)

• foreshadowing

• internal conflict

• characterization

• external conflict

What is most important thing that you have to focus on while writing a story?

What are the main features of a story?

What is the significance of including conversations in a story?