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WorksheetsNarrative Conventions
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
The elements and techniques employed by a writer to make meaning in a story. Include characters, setting, point of view and more.
Narrative conventions
Language features
Storyboards
Story features
The people or animals in a narrative are called:
Objects
People of interest
Characters
Story people
Sympathetic characters are:
Characters who make bad choices
Characters who appeal to us in a positive manner and readers are encouraged to like
Characters who cry a lot
Characters who appeal to us in a negative manner and readers are encouraged to dislike
Unsympathetic characters are:
Characters that readers are encouraged to dislike
Characters that readers are encouraged to like
Characters that never cry
Characters that always make the right choices
The protagonist in a book is:
The leading character who is the primary agent in propelling the story forward
A minor character who only appears in the novel once or twice
The character who causes conflict in the novel
The conflict
The antagonist in a book is:
A minor character who only appears in the novel once or twice
The leading character who propels the novel forwards
The setting
The character who works against the protagonist and is usually the primary source of conflict for the protagonist
The setting of a novel is the:
Time and location the novel is represented as happening in
The concrete slab that a novel stands in
The time that a minor event happens in the novel
The place that a major event occurs at in the novel
The plot in a novel is:
A plan made in secret by an individual or group of people
A small piece of ground marked out for the purpose of gardening
The sequence of events in a story.
A graph showing the relation between two variables
Which of these is not part of the plot in a novel?
Rising action
Falling action
Climax
Timing piece
The two types of conflict in a novel are:
Internal and external
Inside and outside
Positive and negative
Under and over
Narrative point of view is:
A type of language feature
The mode of narration an author uses in a novel to tell the story and allow readers to understand what is happening in the novel.
The way we interpret a novel as a reader
Which of these are examples of narrative point of view? Choose all that apply.
1st person
2nd person
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
2nd person limited
The theme of a novel is:
The underlying message or moral that the author wants to convey throughout the novel
The colour scheme the author used in the illustrations
An idea conveyed in only one chapter of the novel
The way the author writes
