Short Story Elements

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What is the conflict of a story?

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The main problem the character encounters.

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What is setting?

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The time and place where a story occurs.

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What is the exposition of a story?

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The beginning of a story where we learn about setting and some of the characters.

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What is rising action?

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Where the conflict of the story grows and where the events increasingly build up in excitement.

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When the narrator of the story is a character in the story it is written in the ___ point of view.

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1st person.

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What is climax in a story?

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The most exciting part of a story; the turning point.

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What is falling action?

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The part of the story after the climax where the action starts to wind down.

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What is resolution in a story?

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The end of the story where everything is resolved.

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What is a protagonist?

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The main character in a story, often facing a conflict.

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What is an antagonist?

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A character or force that opposes the protagonist.