Composition and Speech Narrative Unit

Exposition

Background information about the protagonist in normal life

Conflict

Something happens that creates a problem for the protagonist

Rising action

The sequence of events that happen as a result of the conflict these usually get more intense overtime

Climax

The most exciting part of the story, the turning point

Falling action

The events that happened after the climax

Resolution

Loose ends tied up and peek at how things have changed

Protagonist

The main character

Antagonist

The person/thing that opposes the protagonist

Setting

When/where the story takes place?

Summary

Is when the writer tells us something without creating a full scene

Scene

When the writer puts us directly into a specific place in time and shows us what’s happening through things like dialogue, narration, internal monologue, and description

Modes of storytelling: narration

The writer tells you something that is happening

Modes of storytelling: description

A details look at something in the story appeals to at least one of the five senses

Modes of storytelling: dialogue

The character speaks out loud

Modes of storytelling: interior dialogue

we see a character’s thoughts sometimes italicized

Modes of storytelling: exposition

We learned background information about the characters setting and situation

Narrator

The storyteller in a piece of literature

First person narrator

A narrator who writes or speaks using “I” or “we” and other first person pronounce. A first person narrator is usually in the story.

Benefits of first person narrator

The storyteller can express thoughts and emotions. The reader gets a more personal account of the event.

Drawbacks of first person narrative

Only perspective, the narrator might lie or otherwise be unreliable

Third person limited narrator

A narrator who writes using third person(he, she, they) The narrator is limited because they do not know everyone’s thoughts and feelings

Benefits of third person, limited narrator

You are not limited to one character’s perspective,, the reader is invited to make more creative interpretations of emotions based on dialogue and description

Drawbacks of third person, Limited narrator

you do not get to see as much emotion or inner thoughts

Third person, omniscient, narrator

A narrator who writes using third person, the narrator is omniscient all knowing because they know everyone’s thoughts and feelings

Benefits of third person, omniscient, narrator

You can see multiple characters thoughts and emotions not just dialogue in de

Drawbacks of third person, omniscient, narrator

If the narrator is two omniscient, the reader can be confused as to who or what is most important to the story

Four types of story elements

Seen, statement, summary, description

Checklist for a good ending

Is the main conflict resolved?

Are the others tied up?

Do we get a glimpse of how things will be different now?

Five types of story endings

Summary, Description, dialogue, interior monologue