Narrative Elements Review

The time and place in which a story takes place.

• Characters

• Plot

• Theme

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The message, or lesson, you get from the story.

• Theme

• Plot

• Setting

• Characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Something that causes challenges for the main characters.

• Solution

• Dialogue

• Problem

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What are the sequence of events that include the characters and conflict called?

• Plot

• Setting

• Conflict

• Problem

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The most dramatic or intense part of the story, the turning point is called

• the conclusion

• the problem

• the climax

• the rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

The rising action of a story is

• at the end of the story.

• the events that build tension and suspense.

• the message the author shares with the reader.

• the introduction

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The falling action is right after...

• the conflicts and climax and leads to the resolution

• the author describes the setting in in the exposition.

• the character learns of a problem in the rising action.

• the narrator introduces the main character.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The resolution of a story is when...

• the characters are introduced to the reader.

• the setting changes and the story continues.

• the characters have learned a lesson and some of the conflicts are solved

• the narrator is the main character telling the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The theme of a story is

• the message or moral the author presents.

• the characters and their relationship.

• another word for setting.

• the words the characters say.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

Select the word that correctly defines each story element.

The introduction, or exposition, of a short story is also its...

• character.

• beginning.

• resolution.

• main message

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.4