Elements of a Story
The time and place a story takes place.
What is the setting?
A girl tries to reconnect with her sister, who's been giving her a real cold shoulder
What is Frozen?
The back of a book describes it as "eerie" and "macabre."
What is horror?
"Beauty," "Wonder," and "Sunshine" are all examples of this.
What is a noun?
The main character of a story is often called this.
What is the protagonist?
The sequence of events that occur within the story.
What is the plot or the narrative?
Five humans and a God work together to stop another God, causing New York insurance costs to skyrocket.
What is The Avengers?
This book is advertised as "exhilarating" and "expeditious."
What is action?
"Shiny" and "Elegant" are both examples of this.
What is an adjective?
The main villain of a story is often referred to as this.
What is the antagonist?
The points of tension in a story that must be resolved
What is the conflict?
A French restaurant ignores all food safety rules to make a mind-blowing, traditional French recipe.
What is Ratatouille?
This book is filled with manticores and gorgons and basilisks!
What is fantasy?
When a word has the suffix -ly, it is usually one of these.
What is an adverb?
This character only exists in a story to be funny.
What is the comic relief?
The main idea of a story.
What is the theme?
This family living in a tree finds themselves deep underground... and very thirsty.
What is Fantastic Mr. Fox?
The front of this book has pictures of red dwarfs and superclusters
What is sci-fi?
The words "would," "could," and "should" are fractions of this part of speech
What are verbs?
A character who isn't quite good, isn't quite bad.
What is an antihero?
The pronouns used in a story will indicate this.
What is the point of view?
I've heard of industry plants, but never of industry rodents...
What is Alvin and the Chipmunks?
The front of this book has women in bustles and men in ascots.
What is history?
All of those little words, like "for, "but," and "so" are members of this part of speech.
What are conjunctions?
The reason why a character is doing something is referred to as this.
What is motivation or motive?