Story Elements 1
What do we call the sequence of events in a story?
What is the main message (or lesson) in the story?
Theme
When and where a story takes place?
The setting
What are the people or animals in a story?
What are the three parts of a story?
Beginning, middle, end.
The author
What do we call the name of a book or story?
the title
What do you call making a list of differences between two characters?
Contrast
What do you call making a list of similarities between two characters?
Comapare
What do you call the person the story is about?
Main character
Using clues from the text and your background knowledge to answer a question.
Inferencing
What do we call the problem characters have in a story?
What is the part of the plot where the conflicts are getting fixed?
falling action
Character traits
What do you call the people or animals in the story when it is not their story being told?
Supporting characters
What is the lesson of a story?
The theme
True or False? Animals can be characters in stories.
True
What is the theme of Cinderella?
If you are kind and good to others, you will be rewarded OR If you are a bad person, bad things will happen to you OR True love always wins
What is the theme of the Disney movie "Brave"
Find the courage to be yourself
What is the theme of Monsters Inc.
Clue: book
Don't judge a book by it's cover
What are the four words that most fairy tales start to show the time part of setting?
Once upon a time
What is the resolution for most fairy tales?
They lived happily ever after.
When does this happen in Little Red Riding Hood:
On her way Little Red Riding Hood met a wolf. ‘Hello!’ said the wolf. ‘Where are you going?’ ‘I’m going to see my grandmother.
In the middle of the story
What story has the following characters:
A girl with blonde hair, a mother bear, a father bear and a baby bear.
Goldilocks and the three bears
What story has the following characters:
Jack, his mother and a giant.
Jack and the Beanstalk