ELEMENTS OF THE STORY / COMPOUND WORDS

Front

Place and time of the story

Back

Setting

Front

Sequence of events in a story

Back

Plot

Front

The problem encountered by the characters

Back

Conflict

Front

Central idea or belief in a story; teaches life lessons.

Back

Theme

Front

Words combined without spaces

Back

closed compound words

Front

Words combined with a space that create a new meaning.

Back

open compound words

Front

Union of two or more words, with or without a hyphen

Back

compound words

Front

Words joined by a hyphen to create a new meaning, often used to modify a noun.

Back

hyphenated compound words

Front

The people in the story that make it exciting and fun.

Back

characters