Narrative Vocabulary

Another word for a "lead" is a hook

The main character, leads the plot (usually a good guy)

There are many different types of narrative leads

Typically, over 50% of a narrative story is dialogue

A conversation between two or more people

When, where, and the mood of a story

You should not capitalize the first word in quotation marks

Things needed to write/create a story

A literary device used to give human characteristics to something non-human.

Narrative writing always has to be fiction

The main problem in a story

The climax is the most exciting part of a story

A category that classifies literary works based on their style and content

The beginning of a story

The message, lesson, or idea the author conveys in a story

This type of story is not true

The main events of a story

You should indent every quotation when a new person is speaking

A literary device used at the beginning of the story to catch the reader's attention

The portion of a story after the climax

A character, or force, that opposes the main character

How many "Dialogue Rules" did we discuss?

The last step in the writing process

You should put your punctuation outside of quotation marks

A message in the story about how to behave in society