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Story Elements
The Events of the Story
Narrator's Perspective
Terms to Know
Power Verbs!
100
The time and place in which a story happens.
What is setting
100
The problem in the story.
What is conflict.
100
This narrator both tells the story and is a character in the story.
What is first person point of view.
100
A brief retelling of important ideas in a story or text. In your own words.
What is summarize.
100
To list something.
What is name or identify.
200
The message about life that the author wants you to take away.
What is theme.
200
How the problem is solved.
What is resolution.
200
This narrator tells the story, but does not take part in it.
What is third-person point of view.
200
What the story or text is about.
What is main idea or central idea.
200
To tell the meaning of.
What is define.
300
The people, animals, or things in a story.
What are characters.
300
The turning point of the story, usually the most exciting part.
What is climax.
300
A third person narrator can be one of these two types.
What is limited or omniscient.
300
Educated guesses you make based on details in a text and what you know about life.
What is inference.
300
State your reasons for supporting or opposing something.
What is argue.
400
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot.
400
The events that build suspense.
What is rising action.
400
This type of narrator tells the story, does not take part, and only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.
What is limited third-person narrator.
400
A guess about what is going to happen in the future.
What is a prediction.
400
Describe or rate how good or bad something is after looking at it carefully.
What is evaluate.
500
The view from which the story is told.
What is point of view.
500
The part of the story where we meet the characters and get a hint about what the conflict may be.
What is exposition.
500
This type of narrator tells the story, does not take part in it, and knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
What is third person omniscient narrator.
500
Clues that help you figure out the meaning of unknown words.
What are context clues.
500
To break apart and study individual pieces.
What is analyze.