Story Elements
The word for where a story takes place
Setting
A person, place, thing, or idea
noun
Every sentence must end with this
Period
The most exciting part of a story, or the "turning point."
Climax
Stories that are from a writer's imagination (not true)
Fiction
Another word for story is: plot, setting, theme
plot
An action word
verb
The first letter in a sentence and the first letter of all names must have this
Capital letter
The introduction of the story
Exposition
Stories that contain facts and information (true stories)
Non-fiction
These are the people in a story
Characters
A descriptive word
Adjective
This punctuation mark is used to split a sentence into different parts
Comma
After the introduction, when the conflict is introduced and the story becomes complicated.
Rising action
A genre that is meant to scare, shock, or startle.
Horror
Another word for the meaning of a story: mission, truth, theme
theme
A word that describes a verb or adjective
Adverb
This can be used to express strong feelings or excitement
Exclamation point
The conclusion of the plot.
Resolution
A type of genre that involves magical elements
Fantasy
First person and third person are versions of this
Point of view
Words like For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Conjunction
When a character speaks in a story, the words must be enclosed by this punctuation.
Quotation mark
All the actions that occur after the climax and before the conclusion of the story.
Falling action
This genre is based on imagined future scientific or technological advances
Science Fiction