Story Elements

Who is the "good guy"?

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Main character

• Minor character

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Who is the "bad guy"?

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Main character

• Minor character

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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When the reader meets the characters and discovers the overall conflict.

• Rising action

• Setting

• Exposition

• Resolution

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CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

When and where a story takes place?

• Plot

• Setting

• Characters

• Resolution

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The setting must be

• make believe.

• an exact time and place.

• realistic.

• realistic to the story.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The events that move the story forward are

• plot

• rising action

• internal conflict

• optional

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CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

The most exciting part of a story is the

• climax

• resolution

• external conflict

• exposition

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CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

Every story has

• one main conflict

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• dramatic irony

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

The character that "wants" something is the

• protagonist

• antagonist

• main character

• unimportant character

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

An antagonist can be (choose all that apply)

• another character

• nature

• the character themselves

• the good guy

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4