ELEMENTS OF A STORY

Grade IV
ERMITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Read the paragraph and answer the questions
that follow.
At five o’clock in the morning, the sun came
up. A friendly ladybug flew in from the left. It
saw a leaf with many aphids on it, and
decided to have them for breakfast. But just
then, a grouchy ladybug flew in from the right.
It too, saw the aphids and wanted them for
breakfast.
1. When did the story happen?
2. Where did the story happen?
3. What do you call this part of the story?
4. Who are the characters of the story?
5. What do you call the persons or animals in
the story?
6. What did the ladybugs want?
How did the ladybugs solve their problems?
How did the story end?
1. When did the story happen?
-at five o’clock in the morning
2. Where did the story happen?
-in the garden
3. What do you call this part of the story?
- SETTING
4. Who are the characters of the story?
-friendly ladybug and grouchy ladybug
5. What do you call the persons or animals in the story?
-CHARACTERS
6. What did the ladybugs want?
-they both want the aphids on the leaf
How did the ladybugs solve their problems?
-they shared the aphids
How did the story end?
-they became good friends
7. What do you call this part of the story?
-PLOT
Identify the elements in the story.

Buddy and the Cat

Little Buddy Cockroach is a house bug. Mother
Bug always tells him to stay in dark places and
hide. He listens to her with half and ear not really
believing in what she says. “How could they not
like me? I have beautiful, shiny wings, and long
antenna. Surely they would love me,” he thought.
Then, Buddy saw a black cat and said, “I will show
Mother Cockroach that she is wrong.” But when
the cat saw him, it immediately jumped and
started running after him with its sharp claws.
Buddy ran as fast as he could to the dark place
under the cabinet and never ever came out.
1. What is the setting of the story?
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2. Who are the characters in the story?
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3. Write the plot of the story.

Beginning(Problem)-
Middle (Solution)-
Ending