Setting, Plot, and Main Idea

The series of events in a story...

• main idea

• setting

• conflict

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The time and place of a story...

• plot

• setting

• characters

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The story's time and place is

• tone
• plot
• setting
• voice

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The EVENTS that happen in a story. There is usually a problem and a solution.

• Plot

• Main Idea

• Setting

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What a whole story or paragraph is MOSTLY about

• Theme

• Author's Purpose

• Setting

• Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Things that SUPPORT or tell more about the main idea

• Author's Organization

• Characters

• Details

• Summary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

The world of the story, the time and place in which the story takes place.

• Protagonist
• Rising Action
• Turnaround
• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

A very short summary of the story.

• Summary
• End
• Main Idea
• Finnish

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is "plot"?

• A challenge
• The most exciting part 
• The message 
• The sequence of events

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is "sequence"?

• Order of events

• The traits of the main character

• The description of the setting

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5