Narrative Writing Techniques Flashcards

Grade 5 · English · Flashcards

Key terms and techniques every strong narrative writer needs to know.

Flashcards

Narrative Writing: Writing that tells a story with characters, a setting, and a sequence of events.
Exposition: The opening of a story that introduces characters, setting, and background.
Rising Action: Events that build tension and complicate the conflict before the climax.
Climax: The highest point of tension and the turning point of the story.
Falling Action: Events that follow the climax and begin to resolve the conflict.
Resolution: The conclusion where conflicts are resolved and the story ends.
Show, Don't Tell: Using actions, details, and descriptions to convey emotions rather than stating them directly.
Sensory Details: Descriptions that appeal to sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch to make writing vivid.
First-Person POV: Narration using 'I,' placing the reader inside the narrator's perspective.
Third-Person POV: Narration using 'he,' 'she,' or 'they,' told from outside the characters.
Dialogue: The spoken words of characters that reveal personality and advance the plot.
Pacing: The speed at which a story unfolds, controlled through sentence length and description.
Foreshadowing: Hints or clues early in the story about events that will happen later.