Story Elements
The people, animals, or creatures in a story are called the __________.
What are characters?
The beginning of the story where we learn about the characters and setting is called the __________.
What is the exposition?
The main struggle or big problem that a character faces in a story is called the __________.
What is the conflict?
When the story is told by a character inside the story using pronouns like I, me, and we, it is told in the __________ person point of view.
What is first person?
The time and place where a story happens is called the __________.
What is the setting?
The series of events and challenges that build up to the climax is called the __________.
What is the rising action?
A conflict where a character fights against nature, another character, or society is an __________ conflict.
What is an external conflict?
When an outside narrator speaks directly to the reader using the word you, it is __________ person point of view.
What is second person?
The main character in the story who faces the main problem or goal is called the __________.
What is the protagonist?
The events that happen right after the climax as the story begins to wind down are called the __________.
What is the falling action?
A conflict where a character struggles inside their own mind with a hard decision or feeling is an __________ conflict.
What is an internal conflict?
A hint or clue that the author gives about something that will happen later in the story is called __________.
What is foreshadowing?
The character or force that works against the main character is called the __________.
What is the antagonist?
The end of the story where the main problem is finally solved is the __________.
What is the resolution?
The main lesson, message, or moral that the author wants the reader to learn is the __________.
What is the theme?
When the story is told by a narrator outside the story using pronouns like he, she, and they, it is __________ person point of view.
What is foreshadowing?
Sensory details that describe how the setting looks, sounds, smells, or feels create the __________ of the story.
What is the atmosphere (or mood)?
The turning point of the story, where the action reaches its highest emotional or exciting point, is the __________.
What is the climax?
If a character has to choose between telling a lie to protect a friend or telling the truth to a teacher, this is an example of Person vs. __________.
What is Person vs. Self?
When a third-person narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story, the point of view is third-person __________.
What is omniscient?