Strengthen students’ understanding of key narrative concepts with this FREE Narrative Terms Word Search created for High School English and Secondary ELA classrooms.
This engaging and low-prep vocabulary activity helps students revise essential narrative terminology in a format that feels approachable while still reinforcing important academic language. It’s a simple way to build confidence with the terms students need for reading comprehension, literary analysis, and creative writing tasks.
The word search includes commonly taught narrative elements such as plot, setting, character, conflict, theme, climax, resolution, point of view, narrator, foreshadowing, and more. These are foundational concepts students regularly encounter in text studies, essay questions, and narrative writing assessments.
Perfect for:
• High School English (Years 7–12 / Grades 7–12)
• Secondary ELA vocabulary review
• Narrative writing units
• Reading comprehension lessons
• Exam revision
• Bellringers or lesson starters
• Early finisher activities
• Homework tasks
• Substitute teacher plans
This narrative vocabulary activity supports students in:
• Recognising and recalling key literary terms
• Strengthening subject-specific language
• Preparing for analytical writing tasks
• Revising core narrative concepts before assessment
• Engaging with English content in a low-pressure way
Flexible and easy to implement, this worksheet can be used independently, in small groups, or as part of a wider narrative study. It also works well as a quick revision task before beginning a new novel, short story, or creative writing unit.
What’s Included:
• 1-page Narrative Terms Word Search worksheet
• A carefully selected list of high school narrative vocabulary
• Answer key for quick and easy marking
Print and go — no preparation required.
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