Narrative & Descriptive Writing is one of 9 topics in the Grade 8 English Home Language CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. What does a narrative essay do?
Tells a story
Describes a person or place without a plot
Gives instructions step by step
Gathers information using questions
Answer: Tells a story — A narrative essay tells a story, built around an introduction, build-up, climax and resolution.
Easy
2. What does a reflective essay focus on, more than a plain narrative essay?
What you learned or felt from an experience
Only describing physical scenery
Giving strict step-by-step instructions
Persuading the reader to agree with you
Answer: What you learned or felt from an experience — A reflective essay focuses on what you learned or felt, looking inward at your own thoughts and growth.
Medium
3. Put these parts of a narrative essay's structure in the correct order.
Introduction that sets the scene
Build-up where tension develops
Climax where the turning point happens
Resolution that wraps the story up
Answer: ["Introduction that sets the scene","Build-up where tension develops","Climax where the turning point happens","Resolution that wraps the story up"] — A narrative essay typically follows: introduction, build-up, climax, then resolution.
