Story Elements

What is fiction?

• a piece of writing that contains accurate information

• a piece of writing that is completely true

• a piece of writing that is made up or imagined

• a piece of writing that is long and boring

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

How many story elements are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What are characters?

• the people in a story that are made up

• the people, animals, or imaginary creatures that tell a story

• the imaginary creatures that the author puts into a story

• the people, animals, or imaginary creatures that take part in the action of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

What is a setting?

• the time of a story

• the time and place of a story

• the place of a story

• the events of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are the two types of characters?

• minor

• melodramatic

• mysterious

• main

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

The story centers around a (a)   character.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Minor characters help (a)   the plot forward.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Main characters are usually (a)   ; they change as the story goes on.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Minor characters are mostly (a)   ; they don't change during the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the plot?

• the sequence of events of a story

• what the story is about

• the people who are in the story

• the author's message

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9