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 do we call the negative character??
Antagonist
The author
What do we call the person who draws the pictures for a story?
An illustrator
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?
Compare
What do you call the person the story is about?
Protagonist
Using clues from the text and pictures to help you figure out new words.
Context Clues
When something has to be fixed in a story, what do we call it?
A problem
When a character has figured out how to fix something, what has he/she done?
Found a SOLUTION
Character traits
What do you call the people or animals in the story when it is not their story being told? (Hint: Think of Gloria Dump)
Supporting characters or secondary characters
The moral of a story
The theme
The turning point in a story
The Climax
What part of the story is the high point or turning point in the plot?
the climax
What are the parts of the story mountain?
characters/setting, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution
In what part of the plot are the setting and characters introduced?
the beginning
What is the part of the plot after the climax but before everything is resolved in the story?
the falling action
A way to describe a character and their personality
character trait
What is it called when characters talk with one another?
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.
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 was the theme or lesson in A Nervous Evening??
Be prepared and all will go well.