Name:

Story Elements
What is the difference between
an internal and an external Vocab words to know:
conflict?

What are the three parts

needed in an exposition?

List the elements of a plot

diagram in order from the
beginning of the story to the
end.

Use Quizlet and define on the

definition page, found on the
back of the study guide.
 Add these terms to your definitions page

Which point of view is rarely used in narrative writing?

Determine the Point of View of the following passages:

The sun may have been 90 million miles
away, but it felt like it was right on top of
me, weighing me down. There wasn't a
lick of shade anywhere. Not so much as
a flower to hide behind. The plains were
barren and sweltering. A dust cloud
whipped by me. I pulled my shirt over my
mouth and nose, stretching out the neck
hole. The shirt was baggier than I
remembered it, or I was losing weight.
Come to think of it, I felt a little lankier
than usual.
1______________________
2.______________________
3.______________________
It was a foggy night. A dog was barking loudly in a
back alley. Empty wooden pallets and discarded boxes
were scattered across the ground. The dog continued
barking. A man with a large mustache and a chef hat
opened a large metal door facing the alley. "Ok! Ok!
Quiet down. I hear you." The dog stopped barking and
started hopping in circles. The mustachioed man
smiled and threw a few large bones to the dog.
Ms. Cooper looked at herself in the mirror. She thought
that the dress fit her very well. She turned to the
saleswoman. The saleswoman thought that the dress
did not fit Ms. Cooper, but she had learned a long time
ago to be careful when telling a customer that a dress
was too small for them. Ms. Cooper asked the
saleswoman, "Well? What do you think?" The
saleswoman nodded, put up her thumbs, and said, "It
looks stunning, my lady." This response made Ms.
Cooper feel good.
 DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blanks using a
Characterization: character trait from the Word Bank.
 What is theme?

Determine the Point of View of the following passage:

Dante liked playing board games, but he hated losing. He hated losing so much that he would do
whatever it took to win, even bending or breaking the rules. He'd steal money from the bank and hide it
under the couch cushions. He'd skip spaces while he was moving around the board. He'd shortchange
others money that they were owed and argue with them about it. Dante's techniques were effective.
He did win most of the games that he played, but the people whom he played with were his friends and
family, and it didn't take too long until they caught on to Dante's tricks. They tried to tell Dante to stop
cheating. They said that the game wasn't any fun when he cheated, but he didn't listen. He continued
with his treacherous style of gameplay, until nobody would play with him anymore. Dante may have
won a lot of games, but at what cost?
Theme:
Give an explanation supporting your
theme based on the above text.

Determine if the following statements are True

or False.
• A theme can be a one word topic. Example:
Family

• A reader does not have to agree with the theme

Conflict
of the story.

Add these terms to your definition • Theme statements cannot include character
sheet on the last page. names or be too specific.

Types of Conflict:
What’s the difference
between a round and a
flat character?
 Part Three: writing If you are asked to use vivid imagery and
sensory details in your writing, what are you
1. What is a personal narrative? being asked to include ?

2. What are the six elements of

narrative writing?

3. What is the goal of the personal
narrative you are writing?
Directions: First, read the boring
sentence below. Then read the
sensory details version of it. Next
identify examples of sensory
details and fill them in the boxes
below. Lastly, create your own!

4. What are conventions?

Sensory details:
Boring!

Identify the sensory details in the passage above.

Sense Evidence
5. Describe the element of “word
choice.”

6. How can you create style in your

writing?

Write your own sensory detail revision for “I sat on

the sofa.”
Parts of Speech

Write the part of

speech next to
the definition
provided. Add
on to each
definition if
needed.
Determine the POS for 1- 10:
 Definitions Page:
Vocab Word Definition
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.