Story Elements

Plot is:

•  Hint/clue about what might happen later in the story
•  A feeling of excitement of tension
• Describes the events happening within a story
• A person (or animal) in a story

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is conflict?

• A person (or animal) in a story
• Time and place where the action occurs
• A struggle between opposing forces (the problem in the story)
• Broad idea in a story, or a message, or lesson conveyed by a work

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Theme means:

• Broad idea in a story, or a message, or lesson conveyed by a work
• The way in which something is said, told, or done
• A person (or animal) in a story
• A struggle between opposing forces (the problem in the story)

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The setting of a story is:

• Time and place where the action occurs
• Character changes by the end of the story
• Interrupt the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past (or future)
• Story is written the order the events actually occurred

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a character?

• A person (or animal) in a story
• When a story leaves the reader in suspense 
• A feeling of excitement of tension
• Story is written the order the events actually occurred

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are two types of conflict?

• Plot/Theme
• Static/Dynamic
• External/Internal
• Tone/Mood

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which part of the plot is the most exciting, “highest” point of the story?

• Exposition
• Resolution
• Rising Action
• Climax

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What type of character is seen as the main character or focus of the story?

• Subordinate
• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Static

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of characters remain exactly the same at the end as they were in the beginning?

• Antagonist
• Dynamic
• Protagonist
• Static

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The attitude a speaker or writer takes toward a subject, a character, or a reader is called?

• Climax
• Tone
• Flashback
• Foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3