Elements of a Story

_____ a person, or sometimes an animal, who takes part in the action of a short story or other literary work.

• Characters

• Conflict

• Setting

• Resolution

Where a story takes place is called the                .

• Characters

• Setting

• Conflict

• Theme

These are the sequence of events in the story.

• Characters

• Theme

• Plot

• Conflict

Another word for conflict in a story is                .

• problem

• ending

• character

• resolution

Which word describes the events that tell what the story is about?

• Plot

• Theme

• resolution

• beginning

Which word refers to the part of a story when the main conflict or problem is worked out or solved?

• opinion

• topic

• setting

• resolution

Today was a great day! It was so exciting to see so many animals. My favorite animal to see was the tiger. I sure was glad he was behind metal bars though. I also thought the baby elephant was really cute. I took lots of pictures and I can't wait to show them to my grandmother.

In what setting is this story most likely to have taken place?

• My house

• My school

• A farm

• A zoo

The settings of the story tells ____ and when a story takes place.

• what

• where

• why

• how

Ms. Hanna and Mrs. Deane are the third grade teachers.

• character

• plot

• setting

• theme

At recess the playground was extremely hot.

• character

• plot

• setting

• theme