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Narrative Elements Analysis

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Narrative Elements Analysis

Read the story excerpt, then answer each question. Use details from the text to support your ideas.

Recognising Narrative Elements

Narratives are built from characters, settings and plot events. Think about how these parts work together.

1.Which group names three key elements readers often examine in a story?
  • Characters, setting and plot
  • Chapters, pages and paragraphs
  • Similes, commas and speech marks
  • Author, publisher and illustrator
2.Select every question that would help you understand a character. (Choose all that apply.)
  • What does the character hope to achieve?
  • What season is it in the story?
  • How do the character’s choices reveal their qualities?
  • What changes in the character by the end?
  • Where is the story set?
3.What two kinds of information usually make up a story’s setting?
  • The place and the time
  • The problem and the solution
  • The narrator and the reader
  • The character’s goal and their fear
4.Put these plot stages in a sensible order by writing 1–5 beside each one: outcome, events that build towards a turning point, opening and introduction, central problem, and resolution of the problem.

Analyse a Story Excerpt

Read the original excerpt below, then use its details in your answers. The last ferry had pulled away from the small island, leaving Theo alone beside the wharf. A bank of fog was creeping across the water, hiding the lights on the far shore. In his backpack, the radio crackled once and fell silent. Theo’s little sister was waiting at the community hall, and he had promised to bring her the medicine their mum had forgotten. He tightened his coat, checked the map on his phone, and started along the track towards the hilltop signal station.

5.Who is the main character? Give one detail that suggests what sort of person he is.
6.Describe the setting by identifying the place, the time or conditions, and the atmosphere. Include evidence from the excerpt.
7.What challenge does Theo need to overcome to keep his promise?
8.Copy one phrase from the excerpt that helps create a tense or uneasy atmosphere.

Explain and Predict

Use evidence from the excerpt to explain how narrative elements shape the reader’s experience.

9.Explain how the island setting makes Theo’s task more difficult or creates tension. Support your explanation with details from the excerpt.
10.Predict one event that could happen next. Explain how your prediction follows from the problem and events already introduced.

3 printable pages

  • Narrative Elements Analysis, page 1 of 3: Recognising Narrative Elements

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  • Narrative Elements Analysis, page 2 of 3: Analyse a Story Excerpt

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  • Narrative Elements Analysis, page 3 of 3: Explain and Predict

    Page 3

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