Story Elements

the sequence of events in a story

• character

• rising action

• plot

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a person in a story

• protagonist

• antagonist

• climax

• character

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the problem in a story

• conflict

• theme

• antagonist

• 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 time and place of a story

• theme

• conflict

• symbol

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a story

• theme

• motif

• point of view

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

a character or force in conflict with the main character

• conflict

• antagonist

• protagonist

• external conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the main character in a story

• protagonist

• antagonist

• third person omniscient

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

the perspective from which a story is told

• third person omniscient

• third person limited

• first person

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in a work

• third person limited

• second person

• third person omniscient

• second person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

• first person

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9