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 is the beginning of a story called?
exposition
The author
What do we call the name of a book or story?
the title
The events that lead to the climax are called what?
What do you call the end of the story?
Resolution
What do you call the person who writes a book?
author
Using clues from the text and your background knowledge to answer a question.
Inferencing
What do we call the problem characters have in a story?
What is the part of the plot where the conflicts are getting fixed?
falling action
What do you call the events after the climax?
Falling Action
What do you call the problem or struggle in a story?
conflict
What is the lesson of a story?
The theme
True or False? Animals can be characters in stories.
True
What is the theme of The Three Pigs?
Work hard
What is the theme of Three Bears?
Don't go inside a stranger's home.
What two parts does the exposition have?
setting and characters
What are the four words that most fairy tales start to show the time part of setting?
Once upon a time
What is the resolution for most fairy tales?
They lived happily ever after.
What part of the story does this happen in Little Red Riding Hood:
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.
In the exposition
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
Which fairy tale has the following plot: a wolf that tries to blow down houses
The Three Little Pigs