Elements of a Story

People, animals, or other creatures in a story

• Characters
• Setting
• Text
• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The overall feeling created by a piece of writing

• Mood
• Character
• Setting
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The author's central message about life or how people behave

• Theme
• Rising Action
• Setting
• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The problems the characters face in the story

• Conflict
• Setting
• Resolution
• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The reason for writing 

• Author's Purpose
• Conflict
• Resolution
• Genre

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

The main story events and actions

• Plot
• Genre
• Setting
• Text

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The time and place in which the action of a story takes place

• Setting
• Plot
• Theme
• Genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The most exciting part of the story

• Climax
• Setting
• Plot
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The main character in a story is the ___.

• antagonist
• protagonist
• exposition
• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the perspective from which a story is told? 

• 1st person 
• point of view 
• 3rd person limited 
• 3rd person omniscient 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9