Story Elements

Keys to Understanding

What story element describes the time and place of a story?

• 1. characterization• 2. theme• 3. setting• 4. conflict

How does a writer make a character seem real?

• 1. She creates a setting.• 2. She uses characterization.• 3. He describes a mood.• 4. He makes a plot line.

An author makes a character real when she

• 1. describes a character’s appearance, speech and actions.

• 2. describes a character’s thoughts and feelings as well as other characters’ reactions to the main character.

• 3. tells us about the character directly.• 4. All of the above.

True or False?Point of view is the angle from which a story is

told.

• 1. True

• 2. False

What point of view is when one of the characters tells the story?

• 1. third person• 2. first person• 3. second person• 4. All of the above

What words does an author use when writing in first person?

• 1. I, me my• 2. he, she, they• 3. you

• 1. third person• 2. first person• 3. second person• 4. All of the above

What point of view is when the speaker is addressing the reader?

What words does an author use when writing in second person?

• 1. I, me my• 2. he, she, they• 3. you• 4. None of the above

What point of view is when someone on the outside of the story is telling it?

• 1. third person• 2. first person• 3. second person• 4. All of the above

What words does an author use when writing in third person?

• 1. I, me my• 2. he, she, they• 3. you• 4. None of the above

What story element describes a problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a

story?

• 1. setting• 2. plot line• 3. conflict• 4. point of view

A character has a problem with one or more of the characters.

• 1. character vs. destiny• 2. character vs. society• 3. character vs. nature• 4. character vs. self• 5. character vs. character

A character fights against a problem that seems too big to control.

• 1. character vs. destiny• 2. character vs. society• 3. character vs. nature• 4. character vs. self• 5. character vs. character

A character has a problem with society - school, the law, tradition.

• 1. character vs. destiny• 2. character vs. society• 3. character vs. nature• 4. character vs. self• 5. character vs. character

A character struggles with himself, trying to decide what to do about some problem.

• 1. character vs. destiny• 2. character vs. society• 3. character vs. nature• 4. character vs. self• 5. character vs. character

A character is in conflict with some element of nature -extreme heat, a blizzard, a hurricane.

• 1. character vs. destiny• 2. character vs. society• 3. character vs. nature• 4. character vs. self• 5. character vs. character

What is the story’s action?

• 1. setting• 2. plot line• 3. conflict• 4. point of view

This is the beginning of the story when the setting, characters and conflict are introduced.

• 1. climax• 2. resolution• 3. exposition• 4. rising action• 5. falling action

This is the end part of the story when the problem is solved.

• 1. climax• 2. resolution• 3. exposition• 4. rising action• 5. falling action

This is the main part of the story when the main character tries to solve his/her problem.

• 1. climax• 2. resolution• 3. exposition• 4. rising action• 5. falling action

This is the most exciting part in a story.

• 1. climax• 2. resolution• 3. exposition• 4. rising action• 5. falling action

This is the part of the story that leads to the ending, the resolution.

• 1. climax• 2. resolution• 3. exposition• 4. rising action• 5. falling action

This is the message about life or human nature the writer shares with the reader.

• 1. characterization• 2. theme• 3. setting• 4. conflict