story elements

If your life were a story, one of the characters might be:

• your fight with your mom

• your teacher

• your house

• the year 2015

• your pet

Which of these could be the setting of a fairy tale?

• a king and queen

• people change as they get older

• a faraway castle

• a wicked witch puts a curse on a princess

• an enchanted forrest a long time ago

Which of these might be an example of a story's theme?

• staying true to yourself is important

• your best friend

• two parents get a divorce

• a boy finds out he has superpowers

• there's a time for work and a time to play

The struggle or problem in a story

• Exposition
• Resolution
• Conflict
• Antagonist

the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax.

• rising action
• falling action
• exposition
• resolution

Rob, Sistene, Norton and Billy Threemonger are examples of

• settings

• themes

• characters

• problems

A problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story.

• exposition
• resolution
• rising action
• conflict

Bill can not find his shoes would be an example of a ________ in the story.

• ending

• character

• setting

• problem

Caden knew how to spell big words, and he knew what the

words meant. When he took the vocabulary test in class last week, he was the first kid in the class to finish. He turned it in quickly and didn’t check his work. When the teacher told him his grade, Caden’s face turned bright red. He had failed. She told him that he could retake it. Caden took his time and checked his work. When the teacher gave him his grade, it was a perfect score, just like he wanted.

Who are the characters in this story?

• Caden and his mom

• Caden and his teacher

• Caden and his classmate

• Caden and the librarian

The main character or the character that the story revolves around

• Protagonist
• Third Person Perspective
• Characterization
• First Person