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What is narrative?
A real or imaginary story to entertain readers.
What is orientation?
Introduction of characters and setting of the story to the readers.
What is setting?
Where and when the story takes place.
What is character?
The person/animal/ things that involve as the subject of the story
What is the problem in a narrative?
It is the obstacles faced by the characters in the story
What is the solution ?
How the problems ended and the feeling of the story.
What is theme?
The main idea and/or message of the story.
What tense do we mostly use in narratives?
Past Tense
What is the crisis, or climax of a story?
The event that solves or fails to solve the problem in a definitive way.
What is the denoument of a story?
What happens after the climax or crisis.
What is exposition.
Mostly description that provides orientation, setting details and character description.
What principle do good short story writers observe?
Economy: everything in the story advances the plot. No unnecessary characters or details are needed.
What is plot?
The sequence of events in a narrative.
What is the mood of a story?
How it feels: funny, hopeful, dystopian, scary.
What is genre?
The type of narrative based on time, setting, mood and theme.
What is narrative point of view?
Who is telling the story: usually 1st person (I) or 3rd person (he, she they).
What is third person limited?
A point of view in which the narrator has insight primarily into the thoughts of the protagonist.
What is a protagonist?
The main character of a narrative.
What is an antagonist?
The enemy, rival or adversary of the main character. An antagonist doesn't have to be evil.
What is conflict?
Power struggles that drive the plot and character interactions with other people, nature, society, destiny or self.
Edgar Allen Poe wrote stories in this genre.
Horror


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