Story elements vocabulary quiz

people, animals, creatures, etc that are in a story. 

• plot
• characters
• story
• animals 

where and when a story takes place (happens)

• character
• plot
• setting
• problem 

the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary work

• setting
• character
• solution
• plot 

a retelling of the main events of a text 

• solution
• plot
• summary
• setting 

the action that makes something happen

• effect
• cause
• setting
• plot

a change that happens that is a direct result of an action by somebody or something

• effect
• cause
• problem
• solution 

The main _________________________ in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is Harry Potter. 

• setting
• character
• problem
• solution 

The forest is the _____________________ in Hansel and Gretel. 

• characters
• problem
• solution
• setting 

What is the ___________________ of the story you just read?

• plot
• cause
• characters
• story

I woke up late because my alarm didn't go off. The ____________ of me being late is my alarm didn't go off. 

• effect
• cause
• problem 
• solution