Story Elements Vocabulary

Resolution

• The principal character in a play, movie, novel, or poem and is brave or a good person.

• What happens in a story and why it happens; the action of the story; events of a story.

• How the problem of a story is solved; the conclusion to the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.4

Villain

• The high point of interest in a story; the place at which the outcome begins to unfold.

• Evil or wicked character in a story, movie, or play.

• the problem that needs to be solved in a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Hero

• The principal character in a play, movie, novel, or poem and is brave or a good person.

• How the problem of a story is solved; the conclusion to the story.

• Where a story takes place; date, time, location.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Character

• Where a story takes place; date, time, location.

• A person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work.

• The high point of interest in a story; the place at which the outcome begins to unfold.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Plot

• The difficulty or question that a character must solve or answer.

• What happens in a story and why it happens; the action of the story; events of a story.

• Evil or wicked character in a story, movie, or play.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Solution

• Where a story takes place; date, time, location.

• What happens in a story and why it happens, the action of the story; events of a story.

• The things the character or people do to solve the problem.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Problem

• The difficulty or question that a character must solve or answer.

• How the problem of a story is solved; the conclusion to the story.

• A person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Setting

• The problem that needs to be solved in a story.

• Evil or wicked character in a story, movie, or play.

• Where a story takes place; date, time, location.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

Turning Point

• The high point of interest in a story; the place at which the outcome begins to unfold.

• The difficulty or question that a character must solve or answer.

• Evil or wicked character in a story, movie, or play.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.4

Conflict

• The things that characters or people do to solve a problem.

• How the problem of a story is solved; the conclusion to the story.

• The problem that needs to be solved in a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9