Story Elements (fill in the blank)

Match the following

• leading character

• plot

• source of conflict in story

• protagonist

• author's message about life

• characters

• series of events in a story

• antagonist

• people or animals in story

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the following

• basic situation of story

• setting

• character struggle against outside force

• external conflict

• the big problem in story

• internal conflict

• takes place in a character's mind

• exposition

• where and when story takes place

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the following

• use of clues to hint future events

• climax

• most intense part

• rising action

• events that follow the climax

• falling action

• ending of the story

• foreshadowing

• series of complications leading up

• resolution

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.9-10.5

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.5.5

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.5.5