Narrative Elements

Question 1

Orientation

Answer 1

Start of the story when the main characters and setting is introduced

Question 2

Narrative conventions

Answer 2

Elements and techniques employed by the writer to make meaning in a story. They include; characters, setting, plot and POV

Question 3

Narrative voice

Answer 3

The POV of the narrator. 1st, 2nd or 3rd person

Question 4

1st person POV

Answer 4

The narrator is the character describing their own actions

Question 5

Characters

Answer 5

The people or creatures in a story

Question 6

Protagonist

Answer 6

The principle character in a work of fiction. The good character

Question 7

Antagonist

Answer 7

The evil character who works against the protagonist

Question 8

Complication

Answer 8

An initial incident which triggers the central conflict

Question 9

Setting

Answer 9

Arrangement of the scenery and properties to represent the place where the movie is enacted

Question 10

3rd person POV

Answer 10

The narrator seems to be someone standing outside the story which refers to all the characters by name or as he, she, they, them and so on.

Question 11

Central conflict

Answer 11

The main struggle of opposing forces around which the plot revolves

Question 12

Unsympathetic characters

Answer 12

Characters with who, you are not meant to sympathise

Question 13

Sympathetic characters

Answer 13

Characters who appeal to us and have our good wishes

Question 14

Resolution

Answer 14

The ending to s story which states the final outcome of the conflict and/ or what might lie ahead for the characters in the story

Question 15

Climax

Answer 15

The decisive moment in a story

Question 16

Plot

Answer 16

The sequence of events in a story. The elements include orientation, complication/ trigger, central conflict, climax and resolution