Short Story Vocabulary

Short Story Vocabulary

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Multiple Choice

Which term can be defined as: The series of events in a story?

• flat character

• round character

• theme

• plot

Multiple Choice

Which term refers to the BEGINNING of a short story, when readers are EXPOSED to the setting, initial plot details, and characters.

• rising action

• resolution

• falling action

• exposition

Multiple Choice

What is a plot event that adds to the CONFLICT called?

• rising action

• falling action

Multiple Choice

The most exciting event, or the point of intense interest in a story is called the...

• resolution

• rising action

• climax

• denouement

Multiple Choice

The end of the story, or how the conflict is solved is called the...

• resolution

• falling action

• conflict

• exposition

Multiple Choice

Which term is "the details about the time and place of a short story?"

• exposition

• setting

• landscape

• narrator

Short stories are

• brief

• fiction
  

• few characters

• limited setting

• few situations

Multiple Choice

What is a short story?

• Short stories are brief works of fiction, known for only a few characters, setting and situations.

• true narrative

• a long work of fiction

• an essay describing a person

Write a one paragraph story that starts with this first sentence.

Categorize

Options (4)

read in one sitting

only a few characters

takes place over a few hours or days

only a few settings or scenes

Match these options with the correct description.

Brief

Few Characters

Limited Time

Limited Place

Setting

• Time of the story's actions

• Place of the story's actions

Multiple Select

Can the setting be: (choose all correct answers)

• in the past

• in the future

• in space

• a dog

Poll

Do you like stories set in the past?

• yes

• no

• somewhat

Characters

the people and animals that play a part in a story

Draw

Draw a character from a story you like or from your imagination.

Plot: The sequence of events

• Exposition

• Narrative HookExposition

• Rising ActionNarrative Hook

• ClimaxRising Action
  

• Falling ActionClimax

• Resolution

Labeling

Label the parts of a plot diagram

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

exposition

climax

resolution

falling action

rising action