Component 1: English Grade 7, Lesson 6 Worksheet

Deliberate Practice: Key Elements of Narrative Texts

Write your answers to the questions below.

Q1. How are short stories and narrative poems similar?

Q2. How are they different?

Complete the table by selecting the correct answers from the list. Write your answers in the table. (You can use each answer more than once.)

A. There are paragraphs and sentences.
B. Rhyme and repetition make it enjoyable to read.
C. A problem or conflict develops.
D. There is a moral or lesson to the story.
E. The problem or conflict gets resolved.
F. There are stanzas and verses.
G. The setting and characters are introduced at the beginning.
H. The author's purpose is to inform and entertain by telling a story.
J. Events aren't always in chronological (time) order.
K. Use figurative language, e.g., similes, metaphors, personification.
L. The author's purpose is to entertain and educate readers by telling a story.

| | Short Stories | Narrative Poems |
|----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
| Similarities | | |
| Differences | | |