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Narrative Terms
MUST KNOW narrative terms for 8th grade LA
Question | Answer |
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plot | The events that make up a narrative. Includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution as well as conflicts. |
setting | The time and place of a narrative. |
character | people and/or objects that have action in the narrative. |
static characters | Characters who do not evolve or change. |
dynamic characters | Characters who evolve or change throughout the narrative. |
protagonist | The main character |
anatagonist | The opposing force to the protagonist. |
Point of view | The perspective the narrative is told from. |
1st person point of view | The narrator is a character in the story and it is told from his/her eyes. |
3rd person limited point of view | The narrator is not a character in the story and he/she tells us the thoughts and feelings of one character. |
3rd person omniscient point of view | The narrator is not a character in the story and he/she tells us the thoughts and feelings of many characters. |
exposition | The beginning of a typical narrative that introduces setting, characters, and the conflict. |
rising action | the narrative events leading up to the climax |
climax | The turning point in a narrative. |
falling action | The events following the climax and leading to the resolution. |
resolution | Usually concludes a narrative and provides a solution to the conflict. |
theme | The author's message to the reader. |
conflict | The problem in the narrative |
internal conflict | Character vs. themself (decisions or choices the character must make for themselves) |
external conflict | character vs. other charactercharacter vs. naturecharacter vs. fatecharacter vs. society |
subplots | side stories that add to the main plot of the narrative |
parallel episodes | 1)similar events that repeat throughout the narrative2) two events happening at the same time in a narrative |