Story Elements
This is the beginning part of a story where characters and setting are introduced.
Exposition
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
simile
In The Lion King, this character is the protagonist.
The hero or main character of the story
protagonist
A type of writing that uses rhythm, emotion, and often rhymes.
a poem
The part of the story where the main problem or tension reaches its peak.
climax
A figure of speech that exaggerates for effect
hyperbole
This Disney princess’s inciting action is touching a spinning wheel
Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
The character or force that opposes the main character.
antagonist
A single line in a poem
a line
The central struggle between opposing forces in a story.
conflict
Giving human qualities to something non-human.
personification
In Frozen, Elsa’s conflict is both internal and external. Name both.
fear of her powers and her relationship with Anna
A conflict where a character struggles with a decision or emotion.
A break in a poem that separates groups of lines.
stanza
Name the 6 parts of plot structure in order.
exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
A word that imitates a sound (like crash or buzz)
onomatopoeia
This Disney film’s rising action includes a red crab singing “Under the Sea.”
The Little Mermaid
A conflict between a character and an outside force.
external conflict
Words that have the same ending sound, like cat and hat.
rhyming words
The part of a story that follows the climax and leads to the resolution.
falling action
A comparison that does not use “like” or “as.”
metaphor
In Moana, this character represents the internal conflict of the story
Moana herself
This Disney villain disguises herself as an old woman with an apple.
the Evil Queen (from Snow White)
The person who writes or tells the poem (not always the poet!)
the speaker