Plot, Setting, Characters, and Conflict

Definition: The main events in a sequence that make up a whole story.

• Plot

• Setting

• Character

• Conflict

Definition: A disagreement, opposition, or problem between two or more forces (people, nature, self, society, etc).

• Plot

• Setting

• Characters

• Conflict

Definition: A person (or animal/object) who speaks or acts in a story.

• Plot

• Setting

• Character

• Conflict

Definition: The time and place where a story happens.

• Plot

• Setting

• Character

• Conflict

Which of the options below could be examples of conflicts?

• The rain starts pouring down while you're walking home.

• You are having a salad for lunch.

• You are struggling with a difficult math problem.

• The teacher starts yelling at someone in class.

• The sun is shining on the garden.

Which of the options below would help develop the setting of a story?

• Describing the house where the character lives

• Noting what time of day is it

• Giving the character a name

• Listing the pets living with the main character

• Telling about the season (fall, summer, winter, spring)

Which of the following options are elements of plot?

• Explosion

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Which of the following ideas help readers to understand a character?

• Dialogue (words they speak)

• Visual Description (what they look like)

• Thoughts & Feelings (inside their heads)

• Setting (where they live/visit)

The blue arrow on the diagram represents the _____ of the story.

The blue arrow on the diagram represents the _____ of the story.