NARRATIVE WRITING (THE STORY)

Question 1

What is a narrative?

Answer 1

IT IS A STORY.

Question 2

What do we call the “plan” of a story?

Answer 2

PLOT

Question 3

What is a synonym for the word “plot” in narrative writing?

Answer 3

PLAN

Question 4

What do we call what happens at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of a narrative?

Answer 4

PLOT

Question 5

What does the “plot” center on?

Answer 5

ON A PROBLEM FACED BY A CHARACTER

Question 6

What do we call the people, the animals, or the objects that take part in the events of the story?

Answer 6

CHARACTERS

Question 7

What do we call the main character in a story?

Answer 7

PROTAGONIST

Question 8

What do we call an animal, a snowstorm, or anything that will slow down or threaten the protagonist?

Answer 8

ANTAGONIST

Question 9

What will you need if you want to write an interesting story?

Answer 9

A PROBLEM OR A CONFLICT

Question 10

What do we call anything or anyone that (or who) is making life difficult for the main character or the protagonist?

Answer 10

ANTAGONIST

Question 11

If you do not have a _____?_______, your story will be boring.

Answer 11

PROBLEM

Question 12

What do we call the “where” and the “when” of a story?

Answer 12

SETTING

Question 13

This puts the characters in a certain place, at a certain time, in a story. What word fits this description?

Answer 13

SETTING

Question 14

Before you start writing your story and the “plot outline” of your story, what should you find?

Answer 14

THE MAIN PROBLEM OR THE MAIN CONFLICT

Question 15

What do we call the place from which things are seen in a story?

Answer 15

THE POINT OF VIEW

Question 16

Is it important to decide from which ‘point of view’ your story will be written?

Answer 16

YES

Question 17

What are the three points of view in narrative writing?

Answer 17

-FIRST-PERSON POINT OF VIEW
-THIRD-PERSON POINT OF VIEW
-OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW

Question 18

What point of view is used if the author is a character in the story? (The author is the “I” in the story.)
(e.g. I was walking down the street, when I suddenly heard a loud noise.)

Answer 18

FIRST-PERSON POINT OF VIEW

Question 19

What point of view is used if the author tells the story without being a character in the story? (e.g. She always loved to climb that tree.)

Answer 19

THIRD-PERSON POINT OF VIEW

Question 20

What point of view is used when the author is like a reporter telling the story?

Answer 20

THIRD-PERSON POINT OF VIEW

Question 21

What point of view is used when the author can be anywhere and can tell the story from the point of view of any character?

Answer 21

OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW

Question 22

What do we call the lesson we can learn from a story? (It is the meaning of a story.)

Answer 22

THEME

Question 23

_____?______ or _____?______ is what happens when characters start talking to one another in a story.

Answer 23

DIALOGUE OR DIRECT SPEECH

Question 24

What is a synonym for “dialogue” in a story?

Answer 24

DIRECT SPEECH

Question 25

What is a synonym for “direct speech” in a narrative text?

Answer 25

DIALOGUE

Question 26

Can “dialogue” or “direct speech” help show what a character is like in a story?

Answer 26

YES