Story Elements Worksheet PDF - Imagine Forest

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Story Elements
Characters Setting
Plot
Conflict Resolution
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The fox and the crow
Characters Setting
A sly fox Bright Morning in the woods.
A foolish crow.
Plot
A hungry fox is looking for food.
The fox notices the crow with cheese in it’s beak.
Using his charming words, the fox tricks the crow into dropping the cheese
into the fox’s mouth.
The story ends with the fox feeling satisfied, and the crow left with nothing
to eat.
Conflict Resolution
The Fox wants the cheese that Using his charming words, the
the Crow has. fox is able to trick the crow into
singing. When she starts to sing,
the cheese drops into the fox’s
mouth.
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Cinderella
Characters Setting
Cinderella Long time ago in a kingdom.
The step sisters Physical locations include:
The stepmother Cinderella’s palace, and the
The fairy godmother ballroom at the Prince’s Palace.
The prince.
Plot
Cinderella’s father passes away leaving her with her horrible stepmother and two step sisters.
Cinderella is forced to stay at home, while her stepmother and step sisters attend the ball.
The Fairy Godmother helps Cinderella go to the ball.
The clock nearly strikes twelve and Cinderella runs away leaving her glass slipper behind.
The Prince finds Cinderella using her glass slipper.
The prince and Cinderella get married and live happily ever after.
Conflict Resolution
Cinderella must find a way to Cinderella and the prince get

get away from her stepmother married and live happily ever
and stepsisters. after.
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Explained part 1
Characters
Every story has at least one main character. The main character should be introduced at the beginning.
While introducing this character it is a good idea include key information about this character’s
personality, past and physical appearance.
The main character also goes through changes throughout the story. All the challenges and obstacles they
face in the story allows them to learn, grow and develop. But be careful here - Growth should not be
mistaken for a personality change! The main character must stay true to who they are. Deep inside, their
personality should stay more or less the same. The only thing changes is the lessons they learn.
Setting
Settings in stories refers to three things: Location, Time Period and Mood. The easiest element to
understand is location. Location is the physical place or places to story takes part in mostly. For example
the tale of Cinderella takes part in two main locations: Cinderella’s Palace and the Ballroom at the
Prince’s Palace. It is a good idea to explain each new location in great detail, so the readers feel like they
are also right there with the characters.
Next comes time period. Every story is set is some time period. Some stories especially about time-
travelling may be set across multiple time periods. You don’t always have to include the exact date or
year in your story. But it is a good idea that during the planning phrase, you know the year or even dates
the story is set on. This can help you include accurate details about location and even key events.
The final part of settings is mood. Mood is the feeling you want readers to feel when reading your story.
Do you want them to be scared, excited or happy? It’s the way you explain, and describe a particular
location, object or person. For example in horror stories, you may notice dark language being used
throughout, such as gore, dismal, damp or vile. While a fairy-tale like Cinderella uses light and warm
language, such as magical, glittering, beautiful or happily ever after.
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Explained part 2
Plot
The plot explains what a story is about from beginning to end. It can contain mutiple scenes and events.
In it’s simplest form a plot has a beginning, middle and end. The beginning introduces the characters and
sometimes shows a minor conflict. The middle is where the major conflict occurs. And the ending is
where all conflicts are resolved, and the story comes to a close.
Conflict
A story is not a story without conflict. Conflict is also a key part of a story’s plot (see section above). The
purpose of conflict in stories is to challenge your characters and push them to their limits. It is only when
they face this conflict, do they really grow and reach their full potential. Conflicts can be internal, external
or both. Internal conflicts comes from inside your main character, such as not having the confidence in
themselves or having a fear of something. While external conflicts are created elsewhere, such as natural
disasters or evil villain creating havoc.
Resolution
The resolution is a solution to the main conflict. Without a resolution, the conflict would be never-ending,
and this could lead to a disappointing ending to your story. Resolutions could include huge battle scenes,
or even the discovery of new information which changes everything. Sometimes in stories resolutions
don’t always solve the conflict 100%. This normally leads to cliff-hanger endings, where a small piece of
conflict still exists somewhere. But the important thing remember, is that all conflicts need some kind of
resolution in stories to make them satisfying to the reader.
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