Analyzing Story Structure

The person telling a STORY is called a ______________.

• narrator
• speaker
• talker
• sayer

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Describe when a character in a story thinks back in time to reveal a moment, event, or experience from the past; it's purpose is to reveal information to the reader, and it breaks the linear structure of the story.

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• in media res

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Describe characters in a story who are a part of the story but usually do not have a major influence or impact.

• minor characters

• protagonist

• antagonist

• foil characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

It's a message or "lesson learned" that the story teaches to the reader.

• fact
• theme
• motif
• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Plot can be defined as the 

• time and place of the story
• sequence of events of a story
• descriptive details of the story
• involvement of the character

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The setting of a story is defined as the 

• sequence of events that make up a story
• time and place of the story
• descriptive details of the story
• involvement of the characters in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The purpose of the theme of a story is to

• introduce the topic
• summarize the story
• portray different types of characters
• reveal the author's message

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Point of view can be defined as the

• attitudes of the characters

• perspective from which a story is told.

• location of the story

• resolution of character's conflicts

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The part of the story that happens AFTER the climax but BEFORE the resolution is called

• Rising action

• Denouement

• Setting

• Falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The following quote is an example of what kind of narration?

"I ate my lunch quickly and ran out of the house with my spade and compass. I was eager to find the missing treasure and prove to everyone that I knew what I was doing."

• Point of View narration

• Second person narrator

• Second person narrator

• First person narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6