Story Elements (Character & Setting)

The people in a story are called the ________.

• personages

• characters

• actors

• stars

Sylvia describes the events that happen in the beginning, middle and end of the book she just read. This means that Sylvia is describing the ________.

• character

• conflict

• plot

• theme

All the action that goes on in a story makes up the ________.

• plot

• character

• conflict

• theme

Which story element is represented by personality, feelings & emotions?

• theme

• characters

• setting

• conflict

Which of these could be the setting of a fairy tale?

• a king and queen

• people change as they get older

• a faraway castle

• a wicked witch puts curse on a princess

What are character traits?

• the struggles in the plot of a story

• the places where a story happens

• all the events that happen in a story

• descriptive adjectives that tell you what a character is like

Choose the two words that best go with setting.

• who, why

• where, when

• where, why

• why, when

What can you use to figure out what a character’s traits are?

• what the character says

• what the character thinks

• how secondary characters react to the primary characters

• all of the above

True or False: Characters can only be humans.

• true

• false

A character, Nicki, is friendly. The author shows this by having Nicki sit down at a lunch table with a group of kids she doesn’t know and introduce herself.

What is the author using to show Nicki’s trait?

• Nicki's thoughts

• Nicki's feelings

• Nicki's actions

• other character's reactions to nicki