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This board helps players review Story Elements & Plot Structure through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Plot Stages, Character Basics, Setting Details, Theme & Moral, Point of View. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Plot Stages

    What stage introduces characters and setting?

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    Exposition

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  • Character Basics

    What do we call the main character?

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    Protagonist

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  • Setting Details

    The time and place of a story are called what?

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    Setting

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  • Theme & Moral

    The lesson or message of a story is called what?

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    Theme

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  • Point of View

    If the narrator uses "I," what point of view is it?

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    First person

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Plot Stages

$100 — What stage introduces characters and setting?
Exposition
$200 — What do we call events that build toward the climax?
Rising action
$300 — What is the most exciting turning point called?
Climax
$400 — What are events after the climax that lead to the end?
Falling action
$500 — What is the ending where the problem is solved?
Resolution

Character Basics

$100 — What do we call the main character?
Protagonist
$200 — Who works against the protagonist?
Antagonist
$300 — Words like brave or kind that describe a character are called what?
Character traits
$400 — What is a character’s reason for doing something called?
Motivation
$500 — The struggle the character faces is called what?
Conflict

Setting Details

$100 — The time and place of a story are called what?
Setting
$200 — What two parts make up setting?
Time and place
$300 — What word names the feeling a setting creates?
Mood
$400 — What do we call the historical time and place?
Historical setting
$500 — Which setting would feel tense: sunny park or dark cave?
Dark cave

Theme & Moral

$100 — The lesson or message of a story is called what?
Theme
$200 — In a fable, the clear lesson is called the what?
Moral
$300 — Which is broader: topic or theme?
Topic
$400 — What do we call a theme shared across many cultures?
Universal theme
$500 — What do we call details that support a theme?
Text evidence

Point of View

$100 — If the narrator uses "I," what point of view is it?
First person
$200 — If the narrator says "he" and "she," what is it?
Third person
$300 — What do we call the voice telling the story?
Narrator
$400 — In third person, knowing one character’s thoughts is what?
Third person limited
$500 — In third person, knowing all characters’ thoughts is what?
Third person omniscient

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