Story Elements

Story Elements

Describing Characters

• What the character looks like

• Things that the character likes/dislikes

• Important things that the character does in the story

• Personality traits of the character 

• Important things that the character says/thinks

Describing Setting

• The setting of a story includes: 

• The time (past, present, future) 

• The place

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Describing the Events in the Story

• Who, What, Where, When, Why Who?

• Who was involved during the event?

• What? - What happened during the event?

• Where? - Where did the event happen?

• When? - When did the event happen?

• Why? - Why did the event happen?

• Plot- Beginning, Middle, End

Problem and Solution

• Problem: The thing that goes wrong in the story (the challenge or obstacle).

• Solution: How the problem is solved or fixed. Also known as the resolution.

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Multiple Choice

Part A: ELASGSERL3: Which phrase best describes the setting of the story?

• A. a neighborhood in the past

• B. a farm in the past

• C. a playground in the present

• D. a big city in the past

Multiple Select

Part B: ELASGSERL3: Which TWO sentences from the story best support your answer in Part A?

• A. Jane Moffat watched Mr. Brooney , the grocery man, drive up with his horse and wagon.

• B. Mr. Brooney stopped between Ms. Squire's house and the yellow house.

• C. He threw down the heavy iron weight to keep his horse from dancing away and took several baskets of groceries from the wagon.

• D. He was gone a long time.

• E. He was the wooden horse of Troy and many men could step out of him.