Literary Elements - Gr. 7

What is a MAIN CHARACTER?

• the main events

• the person or animal the story is mostly about

• the time and location of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the SETTING of a story?

• the main events

• the person or animal the story is mostly about

• the time and location of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the PROBLEM in a story?

• the time and location of the story

• the main challenge a character faces

• the end of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is a SOLUTION in the story?

• the beginning of the story

• the lesson of the story

• how the problem is solved

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following might describe the setting of a story?

• a frog and a witch
• happy and loving 
• a high school in 1956
• love is stronger than fear

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The main character is

• the most important person, or character in the story.

• where the story takes place.

• the lesson of the story.

• the central idea.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Another word for main character could be

• Winter, 1934

• Protagonist

• brave

• the beach

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The chain of events that make up a story

• complications

• plot

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The main problem that a character has in the story

• plot

• conflict

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a character trait?

• A character's name
• A word that tells what a character looks like
• A word that describe what a character is like on the inside
• The setting of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3