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Grade 10 Story Elements: Character, Setting & Plot Worksheet with Answers

Grade 10 (US) · Year 11 (UK) · Class 10 (India) · English

Unit 4: Reading LiteratureComplex CharactersCCSS RL.9-10.3

Characters, setting, plot, conflict and resolution, and how stories are built. This free high school 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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Story Elements: Character, Setting & Plot

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Learning goal: Complex Characters · CCSS RL.9-10.3

Directions: Read each question carefully and write your answer on the line.

Example

What do we call where and when a story happens?

Answer: setting

RememberThe story mountain (plot)

Expositioncharacters, settingRising actionproblems buildClimaxturning pointFalling actionthings settleResolutionhow it ends
  1. 1

    Put in order: climax, exposition, resolution, rising action, falling action

  2. 2

    What do we call the problem a character must solve?

  3. 3

    Read: 'Ava's dog ran away. She made posters, and a neighbor called to say he found it.' What is the problem?

  4. 4

    What type of conflict is a character arguing with a rival?

  5. 5

    What do we call the most exciting point of a story, when the problem is at its peak?

  6. 6

    Read: 'Mia lost her kite at the beach on Saturday.' What is the setting?

  7. 7

    Read: 'Leo the lion wanted to make a friend in the jungle.' Who is the main character?

  8. 8

    Read: 'Ava's dog ran away. She made posters, and a neighbor called to say he found it.' What is the solution?

  9. 9

    What do we call how the problem in a story is solved?

  10. 10

    What do we call a character who changes during a story?

  11. 11

    What do we call the people or animals in a story?

  12. 12

    Read: 'Kai never shared his toys. When he broke his leg, the kids he had ignored visited him every day.' How might Kai change?

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What has many teeth but can't bite?

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  1. 1.exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
  2. 2.the conflict
  3. 3.Ava's dog ran away
  4. 4.character vs. character
  5. 5.the climax
  6. 6.the beach on Saturday
  7. 7.Leo the lion
  8. 8.a neighbor found the dog after seeing the posters
  9. 9.the resolution
  10. 10.a dynamic character
  11. 11.characters
  12. 12.he learns to be kind and share
  13. ★a comb (challenge corner)

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