Elements of a Story

What is the SETTING?

• The central argument of the story.

• Who is telling the story.

• Where the story is set.

• When and where the story is set.

What is the theme of the story?

• The idea, belief, moral, lesson or insight.

• Why the autor is writing the story.

• The main topic of the story.

• The song that the characters sing.

What is the plot?

• The challenge or problem that the main character has to solve.

• The events that happen in a story.

• What you learn from the story.

• When and where the story is set.

What is the point-of-view?

• What happens at the beginning, middle and end of the story.

• The author's word choices, sentence structure, dialogue, etc. It's another way of saying "author's style".

• The overall emotions expressed in the story.

• Who is telling the story.

A person or animal that is part of the story is called __________.

• setting

• character

• narrator

• author

How the story ends, how all the conflict is solved is called ____________.

• Ending

• Rising action

• Resolution

• Plot

The character's role is _________________.

• The part the character plays in the story.

• The narrator.

• Where the main character lives.

• The most important character of the story, or protagonist.

________ means a type of art, literature, or music characterized by a specific form, content, and style.

• Genre

• Fantasy

• Realistic fiction

• Expository text

"My name is Luz. I've wanted to be a writer since I was a little kid. I could never afford classes though, so I decided to teach myself."

This text is written from a ___________

• First person point of view

• Second person point of view

• Third person point of view

• Third person omniscient point of view

_______ is a form of literary genre in which a plot cannot occur in the real world.

• Fantasy

• Realistic fiction

• Drama

• Biography