Story Elements

1. What information is most likely to be included in the exposition?

• Where the story takes place

• How the conflict changes the protagonist

• Who the protagonist encounters on their journey

• What happens to the protagonist at the end

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The __________in a fiction story are the people or animals.

• setting

• problem

• characters

• solution

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The _______ is the time and place that the story takes place.

• setting

• character

• plot

• solution

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a plot?

• The lesson learned.

• The time and place in the story.

• The events in the story.

• Support the main idea.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The struggle between opposing forces in known as the...

• conflict
• rising action
• theme
• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

When a writer tells you what a character is like or how they feel it is known as...

• indirect characterization
• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Dan was a good boy. He was nice and smiled a lot. He was tall and had red hair.

Which story element is this?

• character

• setting

• problem

• solution

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The events that move the story forward are

• plot

• rising action

• internal conflict

• optional

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A short retelling of a story in your own words. 

• Plot
• Narrative
• Exposition
• Summary

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is theme?

• how the reader feels about the story
• What the main character learns 
• the title
• central message or moral of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2