Story Elements Vocabulary Review

The life lesson that the story conveys or teaches the reader

• setting

• theme

• conflict

• plot

A struggle or issue a character must overcome

• conflict

• resolution

• character

• flashback

The most important person or animal in the story

• conflict

• setting

• plot

• main character

Words used to describe a character’s personality

• main character

• plot

• character traits

• foreshadowing

The people or animals who are important to the story

• main character

• resolution

• point of view

• characters

The events that take place in the story

• setting

• plot

• resolution

• flashback

The time and location where a story takes place

• resolution

• conflict

• plot

• setting

The way the characters solve or overcome the problem

• character traits

• main character

• resolution

• conflict

The perspective from which a story is written

• point of view

• character

• plot

• theme

A literary device used by the author to hint at something that might happen later in the story

• flashback

• setting

• foreshadowing

• conflict