Story Elements Vocab Grade 9

What is the setting?

• Where and When the story takes place

• Who is in the story

• What genre is the story

• characterization

the process by which an author reveals the personality of a character

• characters

• setting

• characterization

• conflict

the author explicitly states the character's personality taits

• direct characterization

• setting

• setting

• indirect characterization

The author SHOWS the character's personality traits

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

the struggle in a story

• conflict

• setting

• plot

• perspective

a conflict between two people

• person vs. person

• person vs society

• person vs. nature

• person vs. self

a problem in your own head (with yourself)

• person vs. person

• person vs. self

• person vs. technology

• person vs. nature

a conflict with a hurricane

• person vs. technology

• person vs. nature

• person vs. society

• person vs. self

a problem with destiny (your future)

• person vs. person

• person vs. technology

• person vs. fate

• person vs. society

struggle with wifi

• person vs. technology

• person vs. self

• person vs nature