Elements of a Story

People, animals, or other creatures in a story

• Characters
• Setting
• Text
• Resolution

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CCSS.RL.K.3

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The overall feeling created by a piece of writing

• Mood
• Character
• Setting
• Theme

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CCSS.L.3.3A

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The author's central message about life or how people behave

• Theme
• Rising Action
• Setting
• Resolution

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CCSS.RL.3.2

The problems the characters face in the story

• Conflict
• Setting
• Resolution
• Plot

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CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.SL.K.2

The reason for writing 

• Author's Purpose
• Conflict
• Resolution
• Genre

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The main story events and actions

• Plot
• Genre
• Setting
• Text

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CCSS.RL.K.2

CCSS.RL.K.3

The time and place in which the action of a story takes place

• Setting
• Plot
• Theme
• Genre

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CCSS.RL.K.3

The most exciting part of the story

• Climax
• Setting
• Plot
• Theme

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CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.RL.K.3

The main character in a story is the ___.

• antagonist
• protagonist
• exposition
• climax

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CCSS.RL.4.3

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What is the perspective from which a story is told? 

• 1st person 
• point of view 
• 3rd person limited 
• 3rd person omniscient 

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CCSS.RL.6.6