1. Story Elements- Narrative Text

2. Narrative Also known as “fiction” Fiction is writing that is not true.
A narrative is a story with a beginning, middle, and end.

3. Plot
sequence (or order) of events in a story. 1 2 3

4. Setting
Time and/or place of a story.

5. Characters
People, animals, or creatures involved in the story.

6. Conflict
the problem that needs to be solved in a story

7. Rising Action
the events that lead to the climax, and can create suspense.

8. Climax
the most intense part of the story, or a major turning point in a story

9. Falling Action
Set of actions and events bringing the story to an end.

10. Resolution Also known as the conclusion
The conclusion, end result, or outcome of the story.

11. Theme
The "big picture" or the lesson / moral of the story.
Big Idea!!

12. Parts of Fiction / Narrative
Part II

13. Narrator
This is the person telling the story in a narrative or short story

14. Point of View
The vantage point or direction from which a story is told.
Two main types:
First Person
Third Person

15. First Person Point of View
The narrator is an actual character in the story.

16. Third Person Point of View
The narrator is someone outside of the story (not a character in the story).

17. Dynamic Character
A character in the story who goes through a permanent change in outlook or personality during the story.

18. Protagonist The central character
The action usually revolves around this character, who is greatly involved in the main conflict.

19. Antagonist
A person or force that opposes the protagonist (central character) in a story.

20. Thesis Statement A statement used in writing to: Open or introduce
Provide the main idea
Serve as a focus

21. Figurative Language Simile Metaphor
Language used to enhance description
Not meant to be taken literally
Can also include Figures of Speech
Simile
Metaphor

22. Simile Figurative language, using like or as to compare two things
Example:
I am as hungry as a horse!

23. Metaphor Figurative language
Compares two things, without use of like or as.
States that one thing is another thing.
Example:
The girl was a beautiful butterfly, dancing across the stage.

24. Allusion Literary device
The writer or speaker refers to a person, event or thing in history or to a work of art or literature

25. Foreshadowing
The use of hints or clues in a story to suggest what action is to come

26. Flashback
A scene that interrupts the events in a story to tell what has happened in the past.

27. The End!