Other Skills: Character Traits Compare and Contrast Context Clues Fact and Opinion Figurative Language Main / Central Idea Point of View Rhythm & Rhyme Summary Symbolism Theme
Main story elements include characters, setting (where and when the story takes place), plot (the main conflict in the story that triggers the characters' actions), and theme. Resolution of the plot is also often included as a story element.
by Elizabeth Trach
Wyatt has a new coat for the winter, but so far it h...
Polly is very excited about her birthday party. When...
One day Ellery left her lunchbox on the bus. She doe...
by James Baldwin from Old Greek Stories
Chapter 7, part I passage: This Greek myth from a bo...
by Louisa May Alcott from Little Women
Chapter XXXV passage: Throughout "Little Women," the...
Harry is a small, pink piglet. He is always trying t...
A little acorn has a long way to go before becoming ...
Chapter 2 passage: The Titans ruled over a golden ag...
by The Brothers Grimm from Fairy Tales
The Brothers Grimm, or Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, knew...
by Robert Louis Stevenson from A Child's Garden of Verses
Before there were Lego sets, there were wooden block...