Story Elements and Plot Pyramid

The main character or the character that the story revolves around

• Protagonist
• Third Person Perspective
• Characterization
• First Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The character (person or animal) working against the main character

• Conflict
• Antagonist
• Protagonist
• Force

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

The beginning of the story where the setting and main character are introduced

• Exposition
• Plot
• Climax
• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story.

• exposition
• resolution
• rising action
• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

The series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax.

• rising action
• falling action
• exposition
• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

The central idea or lesson to be learned in a story

• Plot
• Exposition
• Theme
• Short Story

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.2.2

The series of events that make up a story

• Characters
• Conflict
• Theme
• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

The people or animals that do the action in the story and change or grow as a result of conflict.

• themes
• plot events
• conflicts
• characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the exposition of a story?

• the end after we find out what happens to characters
• the turning point
• the introduction where characters and setting are introduced
• the best part according to the author

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

In what part of a story are conflicts introduced and growing?

• rising action
• climax
• exposition
• resolutio

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5