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Grade 8 Story Elements: Character, Setting & Plot Worksheet with Answers

Grade 8 (US) · Year 9 (UK) · Class 8 (India) · English

Unit 4: Reading LiteratureStory ElementsCCSS RL.8.3

Characters, setting, plot, conflict and resolution, and how stories are built. This free middle 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

Grade 8 · English

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Learning goal: Story Elements · CCSS RL.8.3

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

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    What type of conflict is a character struggling with a hard decision inside herself?

  6. 6

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

  7. 7

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

  8. 8

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

  9. 9

    What do we call the problem a character must solve?

  10. 10

    What do we call the events that happen in a story?

  11. 11

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

  12. 12

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

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  1. 1.the resolution
  2. 2.the climax
  3. 3.characters
  4. 4.exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
  5. 5.character vs. self
  6. 6.Ava's dog ran away
  7. 7.character vs. nature
  8. 8.a dynamic character
  9. 9.the conflict
  10. 10.plot
  11. 11.the beach on Saturday
  12. 12.a neighbor found the dog after seeing the posters
  13. ★your age (challenge corner)

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