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Literary Terms 1
Springboard pg 4-18 Narrative vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Narrative | tells a story or describes a sequence of events |
| Characterization | the act of creating characters |
| Setting | the time and place where the story takes place |
| Conflict | a struggle between characters or opposing forces |
| Dialogue | conversation between people; the words that characters say. |
| Sequence | to put things in an order, a set of events that follows one after another. |
| External conflict | the character struggles with an outside force |
| Internal conflict | the character struggles with his or her own needs or emotions. |
| Personal narrative | a story based on one’s own life and told in the first person. |
| Point of view | the perspective from which a story or poem is told. |
| First Person point of view | the narrator is a character in the story using first person pronouns such as I and we to tell what he or she sees and knows. |
| Third Person point of view | the narrator is someone outside the story using third person pronouns such as he, she and they to tell the story. |
| Cause and Effect | describes a relationship in which an action or event will produce or cause a certain response or effect in the form of another event. |
| Incident | the central piece of action that is the focus of the narrative. It may include the setting and dialogue |
| Response | the immediate emotions and actions associated with the incident |
| Reflection | a description that explores the significance of the incident |
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mcclure 6th grade ELA