Basic Story Elements

The people or animals in a story are called...

• People

• Characters

• Authors

• Narrators

Once upon a time, there was a man named Lewis. Lewis was a poor man. He worked on a farm with pigs and goats.

What part of the story is being described here?

• The plot

• The character

• The problem

• The theme

The place and time when the story happens is called __________.

• Character

• Plot

• Resolution

• Setting

The setting of a story is...

• When the story takes place

• Where the story takes place

• Both of these

• None of these

A long time ago, deep in the forbidden forest, where it is dark and cold...

What part of the story is being described here?

• The setting

• The character

• The theme

• The plot

Characters can be people, animals or even things.

• True

• False

Choose all the examples of setting.

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What is the SETTING of the following passage?

It was a dark and stormy night. In her attic bedroom, Margaret Murray, wrapped in an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind.

• At night, in a garden

• During the day, in an attic

• During medieval times, in a kingdom

• At night, in Margaret's bedroom

What is the CHARACTER of the following passage?

It was a dark and stormy night. In her attic bedroom, Margaret Murray, wrapped in an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind.

• Madaline Maury

• The trees tossing

• Margaret Murray

• The lashing of the wind

Theme means:

• Broad idea in a story, or a message, or lesson conveyed by a work
• The way in which something is said, told, or done
• A person (or animal) in a story
• A struggle between opposing forces (the problem in the story)