Story Elements

Tell the important parts of a story in your own words

• summarize
• plot
• conflict
• mood

A summary does what?

• nothing
• tells an opinion
• makes an educated guess
• is a shorter way to explain a text with important information or key points

Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is true?

• The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
• The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
•  The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
• The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.

Why is the setting important in a story?

• It tells us the end.
• It tells us about the conflict.
• It helps us be a part of the story.
• Its not important

What is the setting for the show "Spongebob Squarepants?"

• A jungle
• A beach
• Bikini Bottom
• Van Wert Elementary School

What is a setting?

• The main person in the book
• The place where the story takes place
• The weather in the story
• The place the author was when they wrote the story

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 

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

• Setting
• Plot
• Theme

The message of the story is the . . .

• Setting
• Plot
• Theme

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