Story Elements

main character 

• The person or animal the story is mostly about. 

   

• The main challenge or difficulty the character is facing.

• The location and time of the story. 

• The people or animals in the story. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Setting

• Where the story takes place

• The location and time of the story. 

• The time of the story.

• The people or animals in the story. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Problem

• 6 + 4

• Where the characters live

• I've got 99 but Mrs. Bradburn ain't one.

• The main challenge or difficulty the character is facing. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Solution

• The main challenge or difficulty the character is facing. 

• The main events of the story. 

• How the main problem of the story is solved. 

• How the story ends. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Resolution

• How the main problem of the story is solved. 

    

• The message or lesson of the story.

• The main events of the story.

• How the story ends. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

plot 

• a nice piece of land

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  The message or lesson of the story. 

• The main events of the story.

• How the story ends. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

theme

• How the story ends.

• Narrators position in relation to the story. 

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  The message or lesson of the story. 

• The main events of the story. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

point of view 

• The message or lesson of the story.

• The order in which things happen in a story

• The parts of a story that include character, setting, plot, problem, solution, and theme. 

• Narrators position in relation to the story. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

literary elements 

• The message or lesson of the story.

• Narrators position in relation to the story. 

• The parts of a story that include character, setting, plot, problem, solution, and theme

• The order in which things happen in a story. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

sequence of events 

• Narrators position in relation to the story. 

• The message or lesson of the story. 

• The parts of a story that include character, setting, plot, problem, solution, and theme

• The order in which things happen in a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5