Story Part Lesson

STORY Parts

I. Setting
A. Time and Place
B. EX Time- Future
C. EX Place- School

II. Conflict
A. The problem
B. ____ VS ___
C. EX: Jen vs. the team

III. Climax
A. The moment before the problem is resolved
B. Usually intense
C. EX: The final seconds of the championship game

IV. Theme
A. What the reader learns
B. EX: Celebrate people's differences

V. POV
A. Who is telling the story
B. 1st person: I, me, we, our
C. 2nd person: you, your
D. 3rd person: he, she, they

VI. Exposition
A. Sets up the story
B. Introduces characters and setting
C. EX: Timmy in Maine during World War I

VII. Rising Action
A. Begins when the problem shows up and lasts until the climax
B. The meat of the story

VIII. Falling Action
A. Begins after the climax until the end of the story
B. Wraps up the story

IX. Resolution
A. How the conflict turns out
B. Does not have to be solved but often is

X. Characters
A. The whos that are in the story
B. EX: Ben and his parents

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

Thomas isn't sure he can make it up the mountain alive?

• Setting

• Conflict

• Character

• Theme

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

It is 1989 in Austin, Texas

• Setting

• Conflict

• Character

• Theme

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

Jeremy would never lie again.

• Setting

• Conflict

• Character

• Resolution

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

You should always think through the pros and cons before making a decision.

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Theme

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

Mary is saved from the flood.

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Theme

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

Jenny and Paul constantly argue about everything.

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Falling Action

• Characters

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

George comes face to face with the bully.

• Exposition

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Characters

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

Natalie is twelve years old with a mouth full of braces and dark hair.

• Point of View

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Characters

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

The narrator is telling the story from his perspective.

• Point of View

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Characters

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

For as long as Beth could remember, she had lived in Hidesville with her family and dog, Barkley.

• Characters

• Rising action

• Exposition

• Falling Action

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

The whole team celebrated their win with ice cream at Dairy Queen.

• Characters

• Rising action

• Exposition

• Falling Action

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

The story takes place on a farm in Kansas around 1958.

• Setting

• Characters

• Climax

• Resolution

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

Kevin vs. his coach

• Setting

• Characters

• Climax

• Conflict

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

Victor is a seventh grade students with brown eyes and big hair.

• Setting

• Characters

• Climax

• Conflict

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

It is Tyler's final up to bat with two outs and two strikes.

• Setting

• Characters

• Climax

• Conflict

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

I am telling a story about the time I lost my dog.

• Characters

• POV

• Exposition

• Conflict

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

Max has two sisters in lives in a big house in the country.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Theme

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

Everyone should be treated with kindness.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Theme

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

It was just a normal day for Kelly and Riley arguing over something silly.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Theme

Multiple Choice

What is the story part?

Finally, Eugene could breath a sigh of relief.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Theme