Story Elements

A problem or struggle

• protagonist

• antagonist

• setting

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The sequence of events in a story

• setting

• point of view

• plot/narrative structure

The main character or hero

• protagonist

• antagonist

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The moral or lesson the author wants you to understand from reading the story.

• setting

• theme

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The villain in the story.

• protagonist

• antagonist

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

a conflict a character has on the inside; a struggle with choice, decision, or emotion

• internal conflict

• external conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

a conflict a character has with another character or thing

• internal conflict

• external conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B

the when, where, and environment of a story

• point of view

• setting

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

who is telling the story

• point of view

• internal conflict

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.W.4.3A

Name the first and second plot structure for a story (roller coaster diagram).

• setting and theme

• exposition and initiating event

• climax and resolution