Story Elements

Elements of a story or narrative include:

• setting, rising action, climax, theme, characters
• setting, characters, theme, plot, conflict
• beginning, middle, end

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A specific location in time and place.

• Protagonist
• Resolution
• Plot
• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The series of events in a story.

• Setting
• Plot
• Climax
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The turning point or pivotal event in the plot.

• Plot
• Conflict
• Climax
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

How the conflict is solved at the end of the story.

• Internal conflict
• Mood
• Resolution
• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

In a story, memories of a past event are an example of what?

• Flashback
• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In Disney's Frozen, the ___________ conflict is the snow storm caused by Elsa's powers, but the _________ conflict is Elsa's struggle with self-control.

• internal; external
• external; internal

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A thinking process that occurs when a reader uses what is written along with prior knowledge to "figure things out" or draw conclusions.

• Inferencing
• Foreshadowing
• Plotting
• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"You should follow your heart," is a _______ in the movie Pocahontas. 

• Resolution
• Climax
• Mood
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

When and where a story takes place.

• Character
• Genre
• External Conflict
• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3