Story Elements
A person in a story
What is a character?
Nothing happens to a character in a story.
FALSE
Events happen to the characters, especially the main character!
Stories that are fake
What is Fiction?
A place in a story
What is a setting?
There is only one setting in every story
FALSE
Settings DO change in stories almost all the time!
Stories that are fake, but could happen in real life
What is Realistic Fiction?
Something that happens in a story
What is an event?
Stories have only 2 main events, the beginning and the end.
FALSE
Stories have a beginning, middle, AND end!
Stories that give us information or help us learn new things
What are informational, or informative, texts?
Events in a story happen to what/who
What is the character?
Characters in a story are changed because of the events that happen to them
TRUE
All characters learn something new, or are changed in some way because of the events that happen to them, usually for the better!
Stories that rhyme, have stanzas, and/or are told with rhythm and contain poems
What is poetry?