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Elements of a Story
100

person telling the story

narrator

100

conversation given in a written story or play

dialogue

100

It was _________________ that he would have to take the final because it was worth half of his grade.

inevitable

100

The ________________ between the two characters became intense as each spoke, when they realized they had both tried to trick the other.

dialogue

100

The main problem of the story is the

conflict

200

the center of interest or activity

focus

200

a quality that sets one person or thing off from another

trait

200

The ______________ of the event was to raise money for cancer research.

focus

200

The ____________ of the story was the main character.

narrator

200

The main story is also known as the 

plot

300

concerned with or necessary to the continuation of life

vital

300

an often long or heated discussion of something about which there is great difference of opinion

controversy

300

She found herself in a _________________ when she had only one extra ticket and would have to choose between her two good friends.

predicament 

300

Whether or not the apartments should be torn down and be replaced by a mall was a huge ____________________ in the town.

controversy

300

The beginning of the story where the characters and setting are introduced to the reader.

Exposition/Introduction

400

 impossible to avoid or evade : sure to happen

inevitable

400

to express indirectly : suggest rather than say plainly

implied

400

In order to end the argument, we had to _______________________.

compromise

400

It is _________________ that the woman gets to the hospital before she goes into shock.

vital

400

This is where the problem is finally solved and we learn the outcome of the story.

resolution

500

to settle an argument by each person/group giving up some of their wants or demands

compromise

500

a difficult, puzzling, or trying situation

predicament

500

The author ________________ that the old man had passed away when he said that the old man never did get to go back to his homeland.

implied

500

One character ________________, of the prince, was that he was wise.

trait

500

The most exciting part of a story where things turn around for the character.

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