Story Elements
Any person, animal, or force that takes part in the action of a story is called a
Character
a person, place, thing or idea
noun
words with opposite meanings
antonym
A statement ends with a
period
awesome, best, both, happy, our, this, three, and yellow
adjective
the time and place in which the story takes place
Setting
shows an action or state of being
verb
words with the same or similar meaning
Synonym
a question ends with a
question mark
about, before, except, for, into, near, of, to, underneath and via
preposition
This central idea or underlying meaning of a story
Theme
Words that usually modify verbs
adverb
A group of letters added to the beginning of a word.
Prefix
an exclamation ends with an
exclamation mark
shows who or what the sentence is about
subject
Any problem or issue within a story
conflict
describes, modifies or gives more information about a noun or pronoun
adjective
A group of letters added to the end of a word.
suffix
used to show a pause between parts of a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark the place of thousands in a large numeral.
comma
tells what the subject is doing
predicate
The perspective from which a story is told.
Point of view
I, you, we, they, he, she, it, me, us, them, him, her, this, those
pronoun
word that you use with a prefix and suffix
root word
Used to show that people are talking. Also used to mark the beginning and end of a title or to indicate where a quote begins and ends
Quotation marks
words that sound the same, but are spelled differently
homophone