| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Most Important Event | An event that defines your narrative and leads it in another direction. |
| Conflict | is the struggle found in fiction. Conflict/Plot may be internal or external and is best seen in (1) Person in conflict with another person; (2) Person in conflict in Nature; (3) Person in conflict with self. |
| Solution | What solves the problem or resolves the conflict (s). |
| Details | Descriptions of people, places, and things in the narrative. |
| Sensory Details | Descriptions that are derived from the sense of smell, taste, touch, hear, or see. |
| Characters | The "who" of the narrative. Descriptions of the characters looks, feelings, and his or her reactions to events in the narrative are important to tell and describe. |
| Strong Verbs | Verbs that describe, in better detail, the actions in the narrative. Verbs like "ran" instead of "went" and "screamed" instead of "said". |
| Specific Words | Words that add concrete detail to elements in a narrative. Using a real name for something (Tonka™ instead of toy truck) makes the story come alive better for the reader |
| General Words | Words that give general descriptions to people, places, and things. |
| Transitions | Transitional words and phrases provide the glue that holds ideas together in writing. Examples of these are "First", "Second", "Finally", and "Suddenly". |
| Connecting Words | As their name implies, conjunctions join together elements of thought: words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs. The list includes: "and", "or", "nor", "for", "so", "yet", "but" |
| Verbs | is a word or group of words that expresses action, shows a state of existence, or links that subject to the rest of the sentence. |
| Adjectives | Describe or add information to nouns or pronouns. |
| Paragraph | A group of sentences that work together to develop one idea or topic within a larger piece of writing. An effective paragraph is developed, unified, and coherent. |
| Adverbs | Describe or add information to verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. |
| Begginning Middle End | Narratives are usually arranged in chronological order, so the plot is understood clearly. |
| Sequence of Events | The logical order of events that occur in a narrative. Clue words like "Before", "Next", "After", and "Finally" can be used to guide the reader in the sequence. |
| Dialogue | A conversation between characters indicated by quotation marks and clue words like "said", "argued", and "pleaded". |
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