Read the beginning of a narrative about pioneers in the American West: Maisie winced as her brother sang “Oh! Susanna” yet again. This trip was going to be endless if he didn’t find a new song—and soon. “Samuel! Please! Enough with the ‘Oh! Susanna.’ I can hardly hear myself think.” “O, Susanna!” Samuel sang even louder. What element of effective narratives is this introduction missing? A. plot B. setting C. conflict D. characters
B, C & D can all be seen in the narrative. We have the setting, American west, we have the conflict of Maisie brothers singing and how horrible it is and we know the characters are Maisie and her brother Samuels.
