Story Element Vocabulary Suggs

The meaning of this term is the essential background information provided by the author at the beginning of a story. (setting, situation/climate, characters)

• Exposition

• Plot

• Conflict

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

I describe the time and place in which the events of a story, novel or play occur. What am I?

• Plot

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

I am a chain events which develop the story- the storyline. What am I?

• Climax

• Plot

• Setting

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

This term means a struggle or problem in a story. Examples are Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Self, and etc.

• Theme

• Climax

• Conflict

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

I am the highest point of unresolved conflict . What am I ?

• Climax

• Point of View

• Setting

• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

This part of the story presents the final outcome of the story, play, or narrative poem. What is this part called?

• Symbolism

• Resolution

• Setting

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

This the message or life lesson of a text. What is this story element called?

• Theme

• Conflict

• Motivation

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The of narrator that tells the story. Examples would be first person, and third person.

• Irony

• Conflict

• Point of View

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The creation of a convincing representation of fictitious characters. What is this story element called?

• Characterization

• Symbolism

• Conflict

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The reason a character acts, thinks, or feels a certain way. It's why they do what they do? What is this story element?

• Motivation

• Imagery

• Conflict

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4