Narrative Story Elements - page 1&2

Question 1

Where and when the action takes place, includes the place and the time period
- can clarify conflict, illuminate character, affect the mood, and act as a symbol.
-can be an antagonist in a person-against-nature conflict.
-types: Backdrop (of minor importance) Integral (Important)
Where and when the action takes place, includes the place and the time period
- can clarify conflict, illuminate character, affect the mood, and act as a symbol.
-can be an antagonist in a person-against-nature conflict.
-List 2 types:

Answer 1

Setting

• Backdrop (of minor importance)
• Integral (Important)

Question 2

A representation of the speech patterns of a particular region or social group

Answer 2

Dialect

Question 3

-refers to a person or an animal in a story, play or other literary work.

Answer 3

Character

Question 4

-is the main character in a story. The story often revolves around this character.

Answer 4

Protagonist

Major

Question 5

-is the force or character who opposes the protagonist.

Answer 5

Antagonist

Major

Question 6

-the character who provides a contrast to the protagonist

Answer 6

Foil

Question 7

-a character who possesses expected traits of a group rather than being an individual

Answer 7

stereotype

Question 8

• are present, generally named and have a role that in some way highlights the protagonist.
• only one or two striking qualities, usually all good or all bad, may be interesting but lack depth, not developed

Answer 8

Minor Characters

Question 9

-changes as a result of the events of the story.

Answer 9

Dynamic Character

Question 10

-changes very little or not at all through the literary work.

Answer 10

Static Character

Question 11

-has both good and bad character qualities

Answer 11

Round Character

Question 12

-has one or two character qualities

Answer 12

Flat Character

Question 13

A writer reveals what a character is like and how the character changes throughout the story.

Answer 13

Characterization

Question 14

Narrator’s direct comments. (Direct)
-Character’s physical appearance (Indirect)
Character’s thoughts, speech, and action (Indirect)
Other character’s reaction (Indirect)

Answer 14

Methods of Characterization

Question 15

-conversation between characters, usually set off with quotation marks, make stories more interesting and realistic.

Answer 15

Dialogue

Question 16

A writers choice of narrator.

List 2 Types:

Answer 16

Point of View

- First and Third

Question 17

The narrator is a character in the story
Uses the words I, me, and my to refer to himself or herself
Tells his or her own thoughts, opinions, and feelings
Does not know what other characters are thinking and feeling.

Answer 17

First Person POV

Question 18

Use of the imperative mood and the pronouns you, your, and yours to address a reader or listener directly, rarely serves as a narrative voice in fiction, it does appear in letters, speeches, and other forms of nonfiction, including many types of business writing and technical writing.

Answer 18

Second Person POV

Question 19

uses “he,” “she,” or “it” - The author is telling about the characters. The narrator is not a character in the story.

Answer 19

Third Person POV

Question 20

We are told the thoughts and feelings of only one character (sometimes, but very seldom, of two or three characters).

Answer 20

Third Person Limited POV

Question 21

The narrator can only relate to the reader what is seen or heard. A good writer can tell a completely objective story in such a way that the reader is able to determine the feelings and sometimes even the thoughts of the characters through what those characters say and do, even though the thoughts and feelings are never described.

She arrived panting at the bus stop when the bus was already long gone. She looked at her watch and swore. “Very warm blankets,” she said. “Very warm, purring cat.” She sighed and walked along the sidewalk in the direction of her office building.

Answer 21

Third Person Objective POV

Question 22

We are told everything about the story, including the thoughts and feelings of all the characters, and even information in the author’s mind which no character knows.

Answer 22

Third Person Omniscient POV

Question 23

-narrative organizational pattern based on time

Answer 23

Chronological Order

Question 24

• The action of a story – sequence of events

- typically includes five stages Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

Answer 24

Plot

Question 25

-Plot-stage 1 -Introduces the setting and characters, reveals the conflict or sets the stage for it.

Answer 25

Exposition

Question 26

-The event or character that triggers the conflict, begins the rising action

Answer 26

Inciting Force

Question 27

Plot Stage 2 -Introduces obstacles that make the conflict more complicated, builds suspense as the plot thickens

Answer 27

Rising Action

Question 28

Plot Stage 3 -the turning point in the story and the moment of greatest suspense, presents the conflict at the most intense and dramatic moment.

Answer 28

Climax

Question 29

Plot Stage 4 -Reveals the outcome of the story’s climax, eases the tension, shows how the main character resolves the conflict

Answer 29

Falling Action

Question 30

Plot Stage 5-Reveals the story’s final outcome and ties up any loose ends.

Answer 30

Resolution

Question 31

Any reason or force that makes a character behave in a certain way.

Answer 31

Motivation

Question 32

In fiction, when a character suddenly experiences a deep realization about himself or herself; a moment of truth.

Answer 32

Epiphany