Narrative Writing Flashcards
Grade 4 · English · Flashcards
Key terms and concepts for Grade 4 narrative writing.
Flashcards
- Narrative Writing
- Writing that tells a story, either real (personal narrative) or imaginary (fiction)
- Plot
- The sequence of events that make up a story
- Setting
- The time and place in which a story occurs
- Character
- A person, animal, or being in a story
- Climax
- The turning point — the most intense or exciting moment in a story
- Rising Action
- The events that build tension leading up to the climax
- Falling Action
- Events that happen after the climax, winding down toward the resolution
- Resolution
- The conclusion of a story where the conflict is resolved
- First-Person Point of View
- The narrator is a character using 'I' and 'me'
- Third-Person Point of View
- The narrator is outside the story, using 'he,' 'she,' or 'they'
- Show, Don't Tell
- Describe feelings through actions and details rather than just naming the emotion
- Dialogue
- The spoken words of characters, shown in quotation marks
- Hook
- An opening sentence or idea that grabs the reader's attention immediately
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