Narrative Writing: High School: Narrative Writing, List 6

Narrative writing is writing that has a plot, character, conflict, and other essential parts of a story. Learn about all of these essential parts by reviewing this collection of vocabulary that will help you navigate a narrative.
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  1. monologue
    a dramatic speech by a single actor
  2. soliloquy
    speech you make to yourself
  3. rising action
    a series of plot events that build up toward the climax
  4. conflict
    an open clash between two opposing groups
  5. external
    happening or arising outside some limits or surface
  6. internal
    located inward
  7. climax
    the highest point of anything
  8. falling action
    series of plot events following the climax of a narrative
  9. resolution
    a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
  10. denouement
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
Created on Tue Jun 03 21:18:06 EDT 2025

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