Story Elements grade 6

Character traits

• The qualities that describe aa character's personality or looks.

• The sequence of events.

• The emotional response of the reader.

• A contrast between what is expected and wht actually exists or happens.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Plot

• The reader's emotional response.

• A feeling of growing excitement and tension.

• The sequence of events.

• The struggle between opposing forces.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

Irony

• The author's attitude.

• A character or a group of characters that oppose the protagonist.

• A hint something will happen later in the story.

• A contrast betweeb what is exoected and what actually happens.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

Tone

• A message or lesson about life or human nature.

• The main character in a story.

• The author's attitude.

• A character that shows qualities that are different from another character in order to highlight their personality.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

The person/character who tells the story.

• The message in the story.

• The narrator

• The protagonist

• author

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

Style

• The author tells the reader what the character is like.

• The way the author writes. The author's personality through use of POV, tone, and diction.

• The time and the place of the story.

• A struggle that takes place outside the characters.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3