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Grade 1 Story Elements: Character, Setting & Plot Worksheet with Answers
Grade 1 (US) · Year 2 (UK) · Class 1 (India) · English
Unit 4: Reading Stories & InformationStory ElementsCCSS RL.1.3
Characters, setting, plot, conflict and resolution, and how stories are built. This free early elementary worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.
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Grade 1 · English
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Learning goal: Story Elements · CCSS RL.1.3
Directions: Read each question carefully and write your answer on the line.
What do we call how the problem in a story is solved?
Answer: the resolution
RememberParts of a story
- 1
Read: 'Ava's dog ran away. She made posters, and a neighbor called to say he found it.' What is the problem?
- 2
What do we call the problem a character must solve?
- 3
Read: 'Leo the lion wanted to make a friend in the jungle.' Who is the main character?
- 4
What do we call the most exciting point of a story, when the problem is at its peak?
- 5
What type of conflict is a character arguing with a rival?
- 6
What do we call the people or animals in a story?
- 7
Put in order: climax, exposition, resolution, rising action, falling action
- 8
Read: 'Ava's dog ran away. She made posters, and a neighbor called to say he found it.' What is the solution?
- 9
Read: 'Mia lost her kite at the beach on Saturday.' What is the setting?
- 10
What do we call where and when a story happens?
- 11
Read: 'Kai never shared his toys. When he broke his leg, the kids he had ignored visited him every day.' How might Kai change?
- 12
What type of conflict is a character struggling against a storm?
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Answer key — Story Elements: Character, Setting & Plot (Grade 1)
- 1.Ava's dog ran away
- 2.the conflict
- 3.Leo the lion
- 4.the climax
- 5.character vs. character
- 6.characters
- 7.exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
- 8.a neighbor found the dog after seeing the posters
- 9.the beach on Saturday
- 10.setting
- 11.he learns to be kind and share
- 12.character vs. nature
- ★a cold
Answer key (click to show)
- 1.Ava's dog ran away
- 2.the conflict
- 3.Leo the lion
- 4.the climax
- 5.character vs. character
- 6.characters
- 7.exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
- 8.a neighbor found the dog after seeing the posters
- 9.the beach on Saturday
- 10.setting
- 11.he learns to be kind and share
- 12.character vs. nature
- ★a cold (challenge corner)
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