Narrative Elements

What are the elements of a narrative text?

• Characters, plot, setting, and language

• A beginning, middle, and end

• Rhyming words, a moral, and similes

• Metaphors, personification, and hyperboles

What is one of the language feature of narrative text

• Present tense

• Past tense

• Future tense

• Perfect tense

Move the elements of a narrative below to create a linear plot:

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Rising Action

• Climax

Which narrative elements are necessary for a story?

• Characters

• Setting

• Paragraphs

• Plot

• Theme

There are 4 narrative elements that make a up a story. What are they?

• Characters

• Setting

• Paragraphs

• Plot

• Theme

True or False.  A narrative must have characters.

• True

• False

beginning of the story, includes the problem/goal, setting, and characters

• resolution

• exposition

• climax

• theme

Which of the following words BEST explains narrative writing?

• LIFE

• STORY

• PERSON

• BOOK

• THINK

The story's opening or beginning in which the characters, setting, and conflicts are introduced:

• exposition

• rising action

• conflict

• climax

Events that raise suspense and build conflict, leading to the climax:

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action