Story Elements
What a character wants or needs but cannot have
What is problem?
What does the S in STORY stand for?
What is Setting?
The order of important events in a story
What is Plot?
To tell the most important events in the story in order
What is Retell?
Where and when the story takes place
What is setting?
What does the T in STORY stand for?
What is Talking Characters?
Another word for problem
What is conflict?
A problem inside the main character’s heart (tough feeling) or mind (tricky choice)
What is Internal Conflict?
How the character tries to fix the problem
What does the O in STORY stand for?
What is Oops! A problem?
How can we annotate for External Conflict?
What is EC?
What a character is like
What is Character Traits?
How the character solves their problem and gets what they want
What is Solution?
What does the Y in Story stand for?
What is Yes! A solution?
What a character thinks and feels about what is happening in the story
What is Character Perspective?
The reason why a character does something, says something, or thinks something and it’s tied to a problem
What is Character Motivation?
A problem caused by another character or event
What is external conflict?
What does the R in STORY stand for?
What is Attempts to Resolve?
The part of the plot when the story ends
What is Resolution?
Putting together evidence from the text with your background knowledge to help you make a good guess about something that the author didn’t state directly
What is Inference?