Story elements

Front

The time and location where a story takes place

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Setting

Front

The person who tells a story

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a narrator

Front

The sequence of events that makes up a story

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plot

Front

A person, animal, or object who has a part

in the action of the story

Back

character

Front

The beginning of the story where the setting and main character are introduced

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exposition

Front

Stories in which the characters are people with special powers/abilities, talking animals or objects coming to life

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fantasy

Front

The end of a story when everything is worked out and the conflict is resolved

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resolution

Front

The struggle that the main character has with an opposing person or force

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conflict

Front

What term means category or kind of a story?

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genre

Front

What is the genre name for fiction set in the past?

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historical fiction