Elements of a Story

People, animals, or other creatures in a story

• Characters
• Setting
• Text
• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The overall feeling created by a piece of writing

• Mood
• Character
• Setting
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The author's central message about life or how people behave

• Theme
• Rising Action
• Setting
• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The problems the characters face in the story

• Conflict
• Setting
• Resolution
• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The main story events and actions

• Plot
• Genre
• Setting
• Text

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The end of the story when the reader finds out what happens to the characters after the conflict

• Resolution
• Plot
• Setting
• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The time and place in which the action of a story takes place

• Setting
• Plot
• Theme
• Genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The most exciting part of the story

• Climax
• Setting
• Plot
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What are all of the events leading up to the climax?

• resolution 
• climax
• plot
• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The struggle or problem in a story

• Exposition
• Resolution
• Conflict
• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3