Narrative Vocabulary

words and phrases that move a story along, showing the passage of time and place

• transition words

• sensory language

• revision

• precise

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

descriptive writing that appeals to one or more of the five senses

• transition words

• sensory language

• revision

• precise

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

the act of rewriting or imroving a piece of writing

• transition words

• sensory language

• revision

• precise

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

specific or exact

• transition words

• sensory language

• revision

• precise

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

attract or involve someone's interest or attention

• engage

• setting

• narrative

• plot sequence

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

where and when a story takes place

• engage

• setting

• narrative

• plot sequence

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

the telling of a real or imagined story or an event

• engage

• setting

• narrative

• plot sequence

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

• engage

• setting

• narrative

• plot sequence

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

reasonable and sensible

• logical

• develop

• reflect

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

to elaborate or expand in detail

• logical

• develop

• reflect

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D