Narrative Conventions Flashcards
T/F Authors has only one purpose for writing a narrative, text, poem
False
T/F Most of the time, an author is driven to produce written texts to entertain, influence, instruct, or comment on events and circumstances.
True
T/F Everything that an authors write is meant to deliver a particular message with the intent of being heard or recognized
True
T/F In order to achieve an intended purpose, the author could describe their standpoint using their senses.
True
T/F Narrative writing style is used by authors when they wish to educate and update their readers.
False
T/F Expository writing style is used by authors when they intend to assure and convince their readers of their perspective.
False
T/F if an author would like to inform their readers, they present factual information about real life concerns
True
T/F if an author would like to entertain their readers, their writing tends to convince and influence.
False
T/F in writing fiction, once the author’s purpose is identified, the key elements of a story can be developed
True
T/F Narrative Conventions are the tools a writer uses when creating a story.
True
disclosing events or narrating details of life
Narrative Writing
Describing people, objects, or occurrences using senses
Descriptive writing
assuring and convincing the readers to believe their own standpoint
Persuasive Writing
educating and updating their readers
expository writing
3 General purposes
To Inform
To Persuade
To Entertain
provide factual information for the readers
To Inform
author’s objective is to convince and influence
To Persuade
Author’s objective is to amuse and delight
To Entertain
the tools that a writer uses when creating a story
Narrative Conventions
who the story is about
characters
the means by which writers construct, present, and reveal characters
characters
the main character who faces the main conflict, develops strength or learns lesson
Protagonist
Character who creates opposition for the protagonist
Antagonist
may support the protagonist/antagonist
Supporting Characters
Not developed in much detail but serve a purpose
Minor Characters
(Constructing Characters)
Speech
Thoughts
Appearance
Actions
Others
what they say/how they say it
speech
What they think about
Thoughts
how they look/what they wear
Appearance
things they do/how they behave
Actions
how other characters feel about them
Other
main character in the story
protagonist
villain, enemy, or eveildoer
Antagonist
character who develops, changes, and evolves
dynamic character
character who does not experience change
static Character
complex and risk taker who thinks of methods to resolve issues
Round character
possesses a singular trait or personality that verges on traditional
flat character
stereotyped into playing a part expected of him/her
Stock Character
individual who play a contrasting character to the protagonist
Foil Character
where the story takes place
Setting
includes the time, place, and atmosphere or mood created in the narrative
setting
who is telling the story
point of view
establishes the distance between the reader and the characters in the story
point of view
narrator is usually the protagonist
First person POV
perspective of one character
first person POV
The narrator is an eyewitness to the events
first person POV
narrator is an observer/participant
second person POV
An unusual form of storytelling
second person POV
addresses the reader directly
second person POV
the narrator knows it all and sees it all
Third person omniscient
narrator only focuses on the thoughts/feelings of one character
third person limited
what happens in the story
plot
sequence of events and the organization of these elements
plot
PLOT STRUCTURE
exposition
rising action
climax
falling action
resolution
reader learns the background information needed to understand the story
exposition
protagonist faces one or more challenges
rising action
the highest point of tension
climax
actions that help to unravel/solve the problems
falling action
the final outcome of the conflict
resolution
main plot of the story, A protagonist most face
conflict
types of conflict
CC
CS
CN
CS
problem with another character
CC
internal struggle within themselves
character vs self
aren’t accepted into society “norm”
character vs society
threats to their survival/safety
CN
central idea of a text
theme
refers to the selection of language and structural features.
style
refers to word choice
diction
literal definition of a word
denotation
ideas or feelings associated with a word
connotation
ordering or arrangement of words in a sentence
syntax
sight
visual
smell
olfactory
sound
aural
taste
gustatory
touch
tactile
movement
kinesthetic
