Story Element Skill

Which of these characteristics is NOT true of a story element?

• It's a building block for the story

• It's an ingredient for the story's narrative

• It is not necessary for a story to have elements

• It makes the story's plot effective

Which of these is NOT a story element?

• setting

• main idea

• theme

• plot

• character

What is the central idea of a story?

• setting

• character

• dialogue

• theme

Which term matches this definition: how a story is told and who is telling it?

• point of view

• dialogue

• setting

• plot

What is the time and place of a story?

• plot

• setting

• dialogue

• character

What the characters say and what the other characters say about him or her

• dialogue

• character

• setting

• point of view

The participants in the story (can be human, animal, or fantastical creatures)

• dialogue

• plot

• theme

• character

the main events in a story

• theme

• plot

• setting

• character

The personal qualities of characters

• setting

• character

• character traits

• theme

Because story elements interact, readers can _________ what will happen next.

• predict

• guess

• hypothesize

• assume