Story Elements

Who is the main character?

• A character is a person, or sometimes even an animal, who takes part in the action of a short story or other literary work.
• Defined as the angle from which the Story is told
• The theme in a piece of fiction is its controlling idea or its central insight
•  Believe in yourself 

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What is setting? 

• The time and location in which a story takes place
• A series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict.
• a struggle between two people or things in a short story.

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An example of setting is 

• A big castle with magical house objects 
•  the central idea or belief in a short story.
• Persuade 
• Third person 

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What is the point of view?

• a struggle between two forces
• The time and location in which a story takes place 
• Defined as the angle from which the story is told
• The person in a work of fiction

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What do we call the series of events in a story?

• Setting
• Plot
• Theme

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The message of the story is the . . .

• Setting
• Plot
• Theme

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In the story Cinderella, you would describe the main character as kind, honest, and hard working. These adjectives that describe Cinderella are called _____________________.

• the resolution
• the theme
• the setting
• character traits

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What is the conflict in a story?

• A plot line for a story
• The solution for the problem
• the problem or complication
• A big fight

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_{Which part of the plot}
ties up loose ends?

• climax
• resolution
• falling action
• rising action

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A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. As he crossed a narrow bridge, he looked down and saw his reflection in the quiet water as if in a mirror. But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own. If he had stopped to think he would have known better. But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore. At last he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a foolish Dog he had been.
What is the theme?

• Be honest.
• Don't be greedy.
• Always share your things with others.
• Be respectful to others.

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