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Storytelling with Words and Pictures

Elements of a Story

Illustration of Lula Bird on a Pink Branch
Illustration of cartoon candy bird Lula perched on a pink tree limb. She's peering up from underneath the tree limb with her yellow feet above her head. She's smiling with her yellow and orange beak. Her feathers are colored blue, purple, yellow, pink and orange.

Today we are going to talk about Storytelling. Click on the video below to watch Ira explain the elements that make up an interesting story.

Keyboard Shortcut Action
Space Pause/Play video playback
Enter Pause/Play video playback
m Mute/Unmute video volume
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Right and Left arrows Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds
0-9 Fast seek to x% of the video.
f Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key.
c Press c to toggle captions on or off

In this video, Ira explained a number of elements that make up an interesting story: character, setting, plot, conflict, and resolution. In the activity below, match the word to the definition. Remember, you can always watch the video again.

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