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 are the three parts of a story?
Beginning, middle, end.
The author
The most exciting part of the story. Climax or Exposition?
Fiction
to entertain
What do you call the person the story is about?
Main character
The beginning of the story where the characters and settings are introduced? EXPOSITION or RESOLUTION
Context Clues
It's the ending of the story.
RESOLUTION
RISING ACTION
What is the point-of-view of the story "When Gertrude Grew Great"?
First Person or Third Person?
Third Person
It is the central message in the story.
Theme
The moral of a story
The theme
The attitude or feeling of the author conveyed by the author through the story.
TONE
What part of the story does the problem occur?
the middle
Gertrude fails to apply herself in school.
In what part of the plot are the setting and characters introduced?
beginning
What is the conflict in a story?
An issue or challenge the main character is facing.
The PLOT diagram has 4 parts. TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE
When does this happen in "When Gertrude Grew Great"? Beginning, Middle, Ending
1. Gertrude begins to try hard in school
2. Gertrude turns her act around.
YES!
What story has the following characters:
Jack, his mother and a giant.
Jack and the Beanstalk