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Reading Skill: Analyzing Story Elements

The elements of a story are features such as the
Complete the table with the correct phrases. characters, the setting, and the events. The characters
are the people in the story. The setting is where the
Survival at Plymouth story takes place. And the events are the actions that
take place during the story itself.

William Bradford John Bradford Chief Massasoit

• has a serious . • William’s son • has medicine
Characters fever . • wants to help his .

father get better .

Setting • In Plymouth and in an Indian village

• William is very sick, so John and Will Bradford to trade medicine .

• Chief Massasoit wants a horse figure from John
Events
look for Chief Massasoit .

• John uses the medicine to save his father.

in return for medicine to help his father get better

a serious fever look for Chief Massasoit

Unit 10 | Survival at Plymouth