Genres & Story Elements

The action following the climax of the story . . .

A book about recent events . . .

The author's way of describing what a character is like . . .

The solution to the conflict of the story . . .

The "when" and "where" of the story . . .

A book about imaginary people, places, or things . . .

A story about something that could really happen.

The part of the story with the greatest emotional impact (HINT: top of rollercoaster!):

This occurs when the author gives hints about a future event . . . (HINT: before)

The part of the story that gives the background information . . .

When the author recreates a scene from the past . . .

A book that tells about the past: the time period is factual but the characters and plot are made up.

A book about imaginative or "made up" stories . . .

The central idea or "moral of the story" is the . . .

A book about a person's life that is written by that person . . .

Science stories that are NOT based on facts . . .

The _____ is the "what happens" part of the story.

Books that are based on facts or real events are called . . .