Story Elements Quiz

the writer's message;
a life lesson

• narrator
• prediction 
• exposition 
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

the events in a story

• plot
• mood
• suspense
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a problem; struggle between opposing forces

• conflict
• foreshadowing 
• mood
• prediction 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the perspective from which a story is told

• characterization 
• dialogue 
• point of view 
• narrator 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the turning point; high point in the action of the plot

• rising action 
• exposition 
• resolution 
• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

the part of the story that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation 

• resolution 
• exposition 
• rising action 
• falling action 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

the time and place of the action in a story 

• setting
• theme
• foreshadowing 
• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

the feeling created in the reader by a literary work 

• point of view
• tone
• mood
• trait 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The protagonist of a story is the

• main character.

• author.

• villain.

• love interest

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

This character is central to the story. The plot revolves around him or her. 

• Dynamic character
• Static character
• Protagonist
• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3