NARRATIVE WRITIBG

Question 1

FICTION

Answer 1

LITERATURE THAT DESCRIBES IMAGINARY EVENTS AND PEOPLE.

Question 2

TONE

Answer 2

IS THE MOOD IMPLIED BY THE WRITER USING THEIR CHOICE OF WORDS AND THE WAY THE TEXT CAN MAKE THE READER FEEL.

Question 3

SUMMARISE

Answer 3

TO EPXRESS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTS OR POINTS ABOUT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IN A SHORT AND CLEAR MANNER.

Question 4

THEME

Answer 4

THE MAIN IDEA IN A PIECE OF LITERATURE OR ART.

FOR EXAMPLE A POEM CAN HAVE A THEME OF LOVE.

Question 5

CHARACTERISATION

Answer 5

IT IS THE REPRESENTATION OF PERSONS OR CREATURE IN NARRATIVE OR DRAMATIC WRITING.

Question 6

NARRATIVE WRITING

Answer 6

IT IS A STORY OR ACCOUNT OF CONNECTED EVENTS WHETHER TRUE OS FICTICIOUS.

Question 7

NON-NARRATIVE WRITING

Answer 7

IT IS NOT A STORY, IT IS STRUCTURED WRITING WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BODY AND CONCLUSION THAT AIMS TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THE READERS.

Question 8

NARRATOR

Answer 8

THE PERSON WHO GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF EVENTS, OR THE PERSON WHO TELLS THE STORY.

Question 9

SCRIPT

Answer 9

i) WRITTEN VERSION OF A PLAY OR MOVIE.

ii) WRITTEN VERSION OF THE EXACT WORDS THAT WILL BE USED IN A SPEECH, MEETING OR AUDITION.

Question 10

STORY ARC

Answer 10

IT IS THE PREGRESSION THROUGH FIVE STAGES WHICH MAPS THE SHAPE OF THE STORY:

1. THE ESPOSITION
2. RISING ACTION
3. CLIMAX
4. FALLING ACTION
5. RESOLUTION

Question 11

GENRE

Answer 11

A PARTICULAR TYPE OF LITERATURE, ART OR MUSIC, WHICH IS CLASSIFIED BY ITS SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS.

Question 12

SETTING

Answer 12

THE TIME, PLACE AND CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH SOMETHING OCCURS OR IN WHICH A STORY TAKES PLACE.

Question 13

ADVERB

Answer 13

A WORD OR PHRASE THAT MODIFIES ANOTHER WORD ESPECIALLY A VERB.

Question 14

PREPOSITION

Answer 14

A WORD OR GROUP OF WORDS USED BEFORE A NOUN TO SHOW DIRECTION, PLACE , TIME, LOCATION AND SPACIAL RELATIONSHIPS.

Question 15

PRONOUN

Answer 15

A WORD THAT CAN BE USED INPLACE OF A NOUN OR NOUN PHRASE.

Question 16

PLOT

Answer 16

THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT MAKE UP A STORY.

Question 17

PLOT HOOK

Answer 17

IT IS A LITERARY TECHNIQUE OF MAKING AN OPENING TO A STORY ONE THAT CAPTURES THE READER’S ATTENTION SO THAT THEY WILL KEEP READING.

Question 18

CHARACTER

Answer 18

REFERS TO SOMEONE’S PERSONALITY, THE WAY SOMEONE THINKS, FEELS AND BEHAVES.

Question 19

CLIMAX

Answer 19

THE MOST INTENSE, ESCITING OR IMPOTANT POINT IN A STORY.

Question 20

RESOLUTION

Answer 20

ALSO KNOW AS THE DENOUEMENT IS THE CONCLUSION OF A STRY’S PLOT, WHICH COMES AFTER THE CLIMAX AND THE FALLING ACTION.

Question 21

METAPHOR

Answer 21

FIGURE OF SPEECH ( SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE) IN WHICH A PHRASE IS USED TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING IN A WAY THAT IS NOT LITERALLY APLICABLE.

Question 22

LITERAL

Answer 22

TAKING WORDS OR PHRASES IN THEIR MOST BASIC SENSE, WITHOUT EXAGGERATION.

Question 23

CONTRAST

Answer 23

TO COMPARE TWO OR MORE PEOPLE OR OBJECTS SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM.

IN LITERATURE, CONTRAST IS A RHETORIC DEVICE USED BY WRITERS TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TWO OR MORE TANGIBLE OR ABSTRUCT ENTITIES SUCH AS CHARACTERS, SETTING OR OPINIONS.

Question 24

PREDICTION

Answer 24

USING EVIDENCE IN A TEXT TO SHOW WHAT MAY HAPPEN NEXT OR HOW A CHARACTER MAY BEHAVE.

Question 25

MOOD

Answer 25

THE ATMOSPHERE SURROUNGING A STORY AND THE EMOTIONS THAT THE STORY EVOKES IN THE READER, FOR EXAMPLE MOOD CAN BE CALM, HUMOROUS OR SAD.

Question 26

KEY LITERARY DEVICES

Answer 26

THESE ARE TECHNIQUES THAT ALLOW A WRITER TO CONVEY A DEEPER MEANING THAT GOES BEYOND WHAT IS ON THE PAGE. THESE INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO :

1. SIMILIES.
2. METAPHORS
3. PERSONIFICATION
4. HYPERBOLES
5. IMAGERY
6. SYMBOLISM
7. IRONY
8. FLASHBACK
9. FORSHADOWING
10. IDIOMS
11. PUNS

Question 27

PACE

Answer 27

THE PACE AT WHICH THE STORY UNFOLDS, CONTROLLED THROUGH SEVERAL ELEMENTS INCLUDING LENGTH OF SCENES, DEPTH OF DESRCIPTION AND INTENSITY OF THE ACTION.

GENRE CAN ALSO INFLUENCE THE PACE , THE PLOT OF AN ACTION-ADVENTURE STORY WILL MOST LIKEY MOVE FASTER THAN A HISTORICAL DRAMA.

Question 28

EXPLICIT INFORMATION

Answer 28

THIS REFERS TO INFORMATION CLAERLY STATED IN A TEXT WITHOUT VAGUENESS, LEAVING NO ROOM FOR SUSPICION OR QUESTIONS.

Question 29

IMPLICIT INFORMATION

Answer 29

THIS IS INFORMATION NOT DIRECTLY STATED IN A TEXT, THE READER MUST PUT TOGETHER THE CLUES, SUGGESTION AND REASONING FROM THE TEXT IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE IMPLIED MEANING.

Question 30

FACT

Answer 30

REFERS TO INFORMATION THAT IS TRUE, EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY OCCURRED.

Question 31

FABLES

Answer 31

THESE ARE FICTIONAL STORIES WITH SPECIFIC MORAL LESSONS MEANT TO EDUCATE AAND ENTERTAIN THE READER AT THE SAME TIME, THESE USUALLY FEATURE ANIMAL THAT TALK AND BEHAVE LIKE HUMANS TO SHOW HUMA FOLLIES AND WEAKNESSES.

Question 32

ANTAGONIST

Answer 32

A CHARACTER OR GROUP OF CHARACTERS THAT OPPOSE THE MAIN CHARACTER IN A STORY.

THE MAIN CHARACTER IS CALLED THE PROTAGONIST.

Question 33

EPONYMOUS CHARACTER

Answer 33

THE CHARACTER IN A STORY WHOSE NAME IS THE TITLE OF THAT BOOK OR PLAY.

Question 34

TIME CONNECTIVE

Answer 34

IS WORD OR PHRASE THAT TELLS THE READER WHEN AN ACTION TAKES PLACE, FOR EXAMPLE THIS MORNING, MEANWHILE, SOON AFTERWARDS, THSI EVENING, NEXT, LAST WEEK, FINALLY…

Question 35

SECONDARY CHARACTER

Answer 35

THESE ARE SUPPORTING CHARACTERS WHO PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE STORY BUT THEY ARE NOT THE MAIN FOCUS ON THE PRIMARY PLOT, FOR EXAMPLE, GRETEL IN ‘THE BOY IN STRIPPED PYJAMAS.’

Question 36

FANTASY

Answer 36

IS A TYPE OF FICTION IN WHICH THE PLOT (STORY) OCCURS IS AN AIMAGINERY UNIVERSE, NOT THE REAL WORLD, OFTEN INVOLVING WITCHCRAFT, MAGIC OR SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS.