Story Elements Vocab

Front

Necessary background info about characters and circumstances.

Back

Exposition

Front

Main events in a story.

Back

Plot

Front

When, where, and social environment.

Back

Setting

Front

Struggle between opposing forces in a story.

Back

Conflict

Front

Main character in a story.

Back

Protagonist

Front

Opposes the main character.

Back

Antagonist

Front

Verbal exchanges between characters.

Back

Dialogue

Front

Voice of the storyteller.

Back

Narrator

Front

Narrator's role in the story.

Back

Point of View

Front

Moral of the story.

Back

Theme