Story Mountain/Story Elements

What is a character trait?

• A person in the story who helps the main character.
• A character’s role in a story.
• Descriptive words that describe a character.
• The action that a character takes part in.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

Characters only face one problem per story.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

What is the climax of the story?

• The last chapter of a book.
• What the book is about.
• The point that all of the action builds to, often considered the turning point in the story.
• The difficult climb up the story mountain.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is a role that secondary characters often play in a main character’s journey?

• Challenger
• Advisor
• Friend
• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

Stories are shaped like a mountain.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why do we want to notice how a character responds or reacts to problems in the story?

• A. How a character reacts will tell the reader about their character traits.
• B. How a character reacts is important to me because I want to be just like this character. 
• C. Noticing how a character reacts to problems will help the reader make predictions about that character's future reactions.
• A and C

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

Which part of the plot is
the most intense?

• falling action
• exposition
• exposition
• climax

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition/introduction

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition/introduction

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• climax
• rising action
• falling action
• resolution

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.5