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SU 5 - Story Elements

  • Plot - The "something" that happens in the story
  • Character - The "someone" in the story.
  • Setting - The time and place a story takes place
  • Adventure - Not much psychological stuff for these characters. It’s one action-packed scene after another.
  • Fable - A brief story, often with animals as the main characters, that teaches a lesson or moral
  • Folktale - A brief story of unknown origin that has been passed down through the generations
  • Historical Fiction - A story set in a specific time in history
  • Mystery - A crime is committed. In finding the criminal, a detective must unravel a web of clues
  • Myth - A traditional story that answers basic questions about the world
  • Science Fiction - A story set in a time or place where technology has reshaped society in significant ways
  • Tall Tale - An ordinary story that has been stretched so far that it becomes ridiculously unbelievable
  • Conflict - The main problem the characters face.
  • Narrator - The person telling the story
  • Flashback - An interruption of the action to explain events that happened earlier
  • Climax - The highest point of action in a story, in which a problem must be either solved or accepted
  • Subplot - A second, less important story line within the story
  • Verbal irony - When a character says one thing but means another like sarcasm
  • Situational irony - A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens in the story
  • Foreshadowing - a hint at something that will happen later
  • First person narrator - a narrator who is in the story; uses personal pronouns like I, me, and we
  • Third person narrator - a narrator who is not a character in the story

SU 7 - Logical Relationships

  • Inferences - Drawing a conclusion based on what you know and what you read
  • Generalizations - A statement that applies to more than one person or thing
  • Causes - The something that happens first
  • Effects - The result of the cause; happens second
  • Cue word for cause/effect - caused by; in order to; led to; since; due to; in response to; because; for this reason; therefore; was responsible for; so; as a result of
  • Comparison - Showing similarities and differences
  • Contrast - Showing the differences
  • Cue words for compare/contrast - SIMILARITIES - alike; also; as well as; both; just as; like; similar; same; too DIFFERENCES - but; different; even though; except; however; instead; not; not like; unlike; though