Elements of a Narrative Writing

What are the parts of a narrative writing?

• characters

• setting

• conflict

• resolution

What do characters do in a story?

• firefighters, dogs, robot, tree

• they think, act or feel

• people, animals, things

Select all the examples of time setting in a story.

• house

• yesterday

• fall

• school

Select all the examples of location setting in a story.

• Modesto

• outside

• nighttime

• book

Select the settings for this sentence?

What is the conflict in this story?

• Henry threw the ball too high and it landed on a tree branch.

• The tree branch was too high to reach the ball.

• Henry and Peter are too short to get the ball.

• Peter cannot catch the ball.

Click on the picture which shows resolution.

What is theme?

• The hidden pictures in a story.

• The main idea or hidden message in a story.

• The emotions and events in a story.

• The characters, setting, conflict and resolution of a story.