Elements of Story

The voice that tells the story

• protagonist

• narrator

• author

• character

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.6

The name of the story

• theme

• setting

• climax

• title

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

The solution to the conflict

• solution

• resolution

• revolution

• exclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RI.3.4

The main character of the story

• protagonist

• antagonist

• professional

• populist

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.3

The problem of the protagonist

• rising action

• plot

• dialogue

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.3

The sequence of events in the story

• rising action

• plot

• event horizon

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

The sequence of obstacles faced by the protagonist

• rising action

• plot

• climax

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.3.5

The goal of the protagonist (or any character)

• mobilization

• motivation

• machination

• mechanism

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

Conversation in a story

• decalogue

• dialect

• diagram

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.W.3.3B

The time and location of the story

• sitting

• texting

• setting

• selling

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.4