Story Elements (fill in the blank)

Match the following

• leading character

• protagonist

• people or animals in story

• characters

• author's message about life

• plot

• series of events in a story

• antagonist

• source of conflict in story

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the following

• where and when story takes place

• external conflict

• takes place in a character's mind

• conflict

• the big problem in story

• internal conflict

• character struggle against outside force

• exposition

• basic situation of story

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the following

• series of complications leading up

• foreshadowing

• most intense part

• resolution

• events that follow the climax

• rising action

• ending of the story

• climax

• use of clues to hint future events

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The series of events in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

who is telling the story and from which perspective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

tells the basic situation: characters, setting, and conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

the people or animals in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

where and when the story takes place

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The big problem in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

the use of clues to suggest future events

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3