Story Elements (fill in the blank)

Match the following

• author's message about life

• plot

• people or animals in story

• protagonist

• series of events in a story

• antagonist

• source of conflict in story

• theme

• leading character

• characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the following

• takes place in a character's mind

• setting

• basic situation of story

• internal conflict

• the big problem in story

• conflict

• where and when story takes place

• exposition

• character struggle against outside force

• external conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the following

• series of complications leading up

• rising action

• events that follow the climax

• foreshadowing

• use of clues to hint future events

• falling action

• most intense part

• climax

• ending of the story

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The series of events in a story

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

who is telling the story and from which perspective

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

tells the basic situation: characters, setting, and conflict

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

the people or animals in the story

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

where and when the story takes place

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The big problem in the story

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

the use of clues to suggest future events

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5