Review key story elements - plot stages, characters, setting, theme, and point of view - for elementary readers. Built for Grades 3-6. 25 ready-to-play clues, no prep needed. This is a Grades 3–6 English / ELA review game in a Jeopardy-style format: a teacher puts the board on one screen, teams pick clues by point value, and the class answers out loud — no student devices or accounts needed. Categories: Plot Stages, Character Basics, Setting Details, Theme & Moral, Point of View.
- Grades 3–6 English / ELA review
- Whole-class review on one shared screen
- Test or quiz prep
- Team-vs-team practice in class
A peek at what's on the board — 5 categories and one sample clue from each. Answers stay hidden until you open them, so the game still works.
What stage introduces characters and setting?
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Exposition
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What do we call the main character?
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Protagonist
+4 more clues in this category
The time and place of a story are called what?
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Setting
+4 more clues in this category
The lesson or message of a story is called what?
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Theme
+4 more clues in this category
If the narrator uses "I," what point of view is it?
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First person
+4 more clues in this category
Board content
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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