Narrative Planner

Part 1: Brainstorming
Directions: Use complete sentences to answer all the questions to help you plan your narrative based on
a conflict you have experienced.

Make a Connection
1. What conflict have you faced in your own life? This will be the basis of
your narrative.

                                                                      When my dog, Bruno, died.

Characterization:
1. Who is the protagonist?
                                                                  My dog, Bruno.

1.                             2.          What does the protagonist look like?

                                                                      He was a dog, a black labrador.

1.                           3.      What is the protagonist’s age and what other factual information is
important (where he/she lives, goes to school, hobbies, etc.)?

                                                                      He was like ten years old when he died, he had been with
me for as long                          as I could remember.

1. How would you describe the protagonist’s personality and attitude?

He was very sweet and nice to everyone.

1. Who is the antagonist?

The person who ran over him in a car.

1. What does the antagonist look like?

I have no idea, we never knew who it was.

1. What is the antagonist’s age and what other factual information is

 important (where he/she lives, goes to school, hobbies, etc.)?

No idea.

1. How would you describe the antagonist’s personality and attitude?

Don’t know.

Conflict
1. What conflict does your protagonist face?
                                                                    He gets run over by a car.
1. Who or what causes the conflict?
                                                                      The person who ran over him.
1. Who is involved in the conflict?
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1. How will the protagonist respond to the conflict?
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1. What is the outcome of the protagonist’s response to the conflict?
                                  Dying.

Plot
1. How will you introduce the characters, setting, and conflict in the
exposition?

                                                  I will be telling the whole story of his life, the how he died.

1. What events will happen in the rising action to help develop the conflict?
                                                    Him being left alone outside.
1. What will the climax (turning point) be for the protagonist? Think about
the decision the protagonist will have to make as a result of the conflict.
                                                        Dying.
1. What events will happen in the falling action?
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1. How will the conflict be solved in the resolution?
                      There is no solution. Bruno is dead and nothing can fix that.

Point of View
1. What point of view will you use to tell the story? Think about who can best
tell the story—a narrator who is inside the story (first person) or a narrator
 who is outside the story but knows the thoughts and feelings of the
characters (third person omniscient).
                                  
First person.

1. How will your selected point of view influence what readers know about
the characters and the conflict in your narrative?
                                                            They will see the characters from my point of view.

Part 2: Exposition
Directions: Use the answers from Part 1: Brainstorming to write your exposition. This should introduce
the main characters, the conflict, and the setting. Be sure to include descriptive details.
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• Once upon a time, when Bruno, a labrador dog was brought home to his new family he
was very happy he lived in a house full of people and always had fun with everyone, he
was very, very sweet. And a very good dog. A few years went by and him and his best
friend Victoria were playing outside, like everyday, they had a lot of fun together. He was
a very messy and liked to rip books apart. One day Victorias dad, Luis, got so fed up
with Bruno that he kicked him out of the house, thinking he would stay in the backyard.
Bruno thought it would be a good idea to leave, so he tied to cross the street and a car
did not see him and ran over him. No one found out until hours later that night. The end.