100 narrative elements, categorized to be used as prompts for analysis or creation.

 

Here is a checklist of 100 narrative elements, categorized to be used as prompts for analysis or creation.

📝 Plot & Structure

• - [ ] Exposition

• - [ ] Inciting Incident

• - [ ] Rising Action

• - [ ] Climax

• - [ ] Falling Action

• - [ ] Resolution

• - [ ] Dénouement

• - [ ] Linear Narrative

• - [ ] Non-linear Narrative

• - [ ] In Medias Res (In the middle of things)

• - [ ] Flashback

• - [ ] Flash-forward

• - [ ] Foreshadowing

• - [ ] Chekhov's Gun

• - [ ] Plot Twist

• - [ ] Red Herring

• - [ ] Cliffhanger

• - [ ] Subplot

• - [ ] Parallel Plot

• - [ ] Pacing

• - [ ] MacGuffin

• - [ ] Poetic Justice

• - [ ] Deus ex Machina

• - [ ] Quest Narrative

• - [ ] The Hero's Journey

🎭 Character

• - [ ] Protagonist

• - [ ] Antagonist

• - [ ] Foil Character

• - [ ] Deuteragonist (Secondary character)

• - [ ] Mentor / Guide

• - [ ] Archetype (e.g., The Rebel, The Jester)

• - [ ] Stock Character

• - [ ] Dynamic Character (Changes)

• - [ ] Static Character (Stays the same)

• - [ ] Round Character (Complex)

• - [ ] Flat Character (One-dimensional)

• - [ ] Character Arc

• - [ ] Backstory

• - [ ] Motivation (Internal)

• - [ ] Motivation (External)

• - [ ] Fatal Flaw (Hamartia)

• - [ ] Epiphany

• - [ ] Direct Characterization

• - [ ] Indirect Characterization

• - [ ] Internal Monologue

• - [ ] Dialogue

• - [ ] Dialect / Idiolect

🌍 Setting & World

• - [ ] Physical Location

• - [ ] Time Period

• - [ ] Time of Day

• - [ ] Weather

• - [ ] Atmosphere / Mood

• - [ ] Social / Political Climate

• - [ ] Cultural Context

• - [ ] World-building

• - [ ] Symbolism of Setting

• - [ ] Pathetic Fallacy

• - [ ] Micro-setting (A specific room)

• - [ ] Macro-setting (A city or country)

⚔️ Conflict

• - [ ] Central Conflict

• - [ ] Internal Conflict

• - [ ] External Conflict

• - [ ] Character vs. Self

• - [ ] Character vs. Character

• - [ ] Character vs. Society

• - [ ] Character vs. Nature

• - [ ] Character vs. Technology

• - [ ] Character vs. Supernatural/Fate

• - [ ] Stakes (What is at risk?)

• - [ ] Tension

• - [ ] Suspense

🗣️ Point of View & Narration

• - [ ] First-Person POV

• - [ ] Second-Person POV

• - [ ] Third-Person Limited POV

• - [ ] Third-Person Omniscient POV

• - [ ] Third-Person Objective POV

• - [ ] Unreliable Narrator

• - [ ] Narrative Voice

• - [ ] Stream of Consciousness

• - [ ] Epistolary Narrative (Letters/Documents)

• - [ ] Frame Story

💡 Theme, Tone & Style

• - [ ] Theme (Thematic Statement)

• - [ ] Thematic Concept (e.g., "Love," "War")

• - [ ] Moral

• - [ ] Motif (Recurring element)

• - [ ] Symbolism

• - [ ] Allegory

• - [ ] Tone (Author's attitude)

• - [ ] Diction (Word choice)

• - [ ] Syntax (Sentence structure)

• - [ ] Pastiche

• - [ ] Parody

🛠️ Literary Devices & Techniques

• - [ ] Metaphor

• - [ ] Simile

• - [ ] Personification

• - [ ] Imagery (Visual, Auditory, etc.)

• - [ ] Allusion

• - [ ] Juxtaposition

• - [ ] Oxymoron

• - [ ] Paradox

• - [ ] Dramatic Irony

• - [S] Situational Irony

• - [ ] Verbal Irony

• - [ ] Catharsis