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Grade 5 Story Elements: Character, Setting & Plot Worksheet with Answers

Grade 5 (US) · Year 6 (UK) · Class 5 (India) · English

Unit 4: Reading LiteratureCharacters & PlotCCSS RL.5.3

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

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Learning goal: Characters & Plot · CCSS RL.5.3

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

Example

What do we call the problem a character must solve?

Answer: the conflict

RememberThe story mountain (plot)

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

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

  2. 2

    What type of conflict is a character struggling against a storm?

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

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

  7. 7

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

  8. 8

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

  9. 9

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

  10. 10

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

  11. 11

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

  12. 12

    What do we call where and when a story happens?

★ Challenge corner for fast finishers

Unscramble the letters: GORF (clue: it hops and croaks)

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

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