Basic Story Elements: Setting and Characters

What are the two main elements of a story's setting?

• characters and conflict

• conflict and location

• location and time

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Which setting element is described as "Historical  period, time  of  day, year, etc;  when  is  the  story  taking  place?"

• social conditions

• time

• location

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Which setting element is described as "What  feeling  is  created  at  the  beginning  of  the  story?  Cheerful  or  eerie?

• mood / atmosphere

• location / time

• weather / time

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

"character is poor and lives under a bridge" is an example of what type of setting?

• social conditions

• location

• time

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Which of the following is NOT a definition of character?

• a person in a story

• the qualities of a person

• the resolution of a plot

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

The --- is the clear central character of the story

• antagonist

• protagonist

• struggler

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

A ------ character is not well-developed and has little personality

• round

• static

• flat

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

A ----- character does not go through any change or development in the story.

• dynamic

• flat

• static

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

A character with a well-developed personality whose actions affect the story and seems real is called a ------ character.

• dynamic

• round

• flat

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Which of the following is not typically used to develop a character?

• dialogue

• physical appearance

• weather

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3