Narrative Elements Quiz

grade 10 english narrative elements quiz

genres

novels, short stories, autobiographies, personal narratives, narrative poems

elements of narrative texts

characters, point of view, plot, setting, mood, tone, voice, theme

figures in a narrative text

protagonist: main character

antagonist: character who opposed and/or challenges the protagonist

classifying characters

flat characters: two-dimensional, lack the depth and complexity of living people, stereotypical

Round characters: three-dimensional, have depth and complexity

static characters: unchanging, retain some characteristics throughout

dynamic characters: change or evolve as the work unfolds

revealing characters

dialogue: what a character says or what other say about a character

behaviour: how a character acts or how other characters react towards a character

physical appearance: how a character looks

third person narrator

third person omniscient: narrator knows, sees, and tells all

third person limited: narrator tells story from perspective of one or two main characters

third person reporter: narrator tells the facts but doesn’t relate what the characters are thinking

plot

events of a story, includes beginning middle and end, plot has a purpose in moving the way it does, usually involves one or more crises which occur between two or more opposing forces

plot chart (beginning to end)

introduction, inciting incident, rising action, conflict, climax, falling action/denouement, resolution/conclusion

conflict

protagonist vs antagonist

character vs character

character vs self

character vs nature

character vs society

character vs supernatural

plot structure

introduction/exposition: background information and introduction of characters, setting, etc

inciting incident: initial incident, sets the plot in motion

rising action: plot moved forward, conflicts or complications

climax: highest point of emotional intensity and the turning point

falling action: plot moves towards a conclusion

resolution/denouement: conclusion, how the conflict is resolved

setting

the time and place of a story, includes the moral and intellectual and social environment, setting can affect the mood or tone of the story

mood/atmosphere

emotional feeling that dominates a literary work, determined by diction description setting and characterization

tone

the attitude expressed by the writer towards their subject

informal or formal

personal or impersonal

angry, cheerful, bitter, hopeful, serious, silly, sarcastic

voice

active voice: tends to be more direct, hard hitting, or forceful

passive voice: more formal, distant, often used for formal reports

affects the tone of the writing

theme

the authors central idea or message, theme is revealed not stated directly, events and outcome of the plot will help to determine the theme