Elements of Short Stories

Which part of the plot is
the most intense?

• falling action
• exposition
• exposition
• climax

Choose the two words that best complete the sentence.
_{During the introduction, it is important to introduce the ________ and the ________.}

• characters, conflict 
• characters, falling action 
• climax, conflict 
• conflict, resolution

The sequence of events in a story or novel is called the ________. 

• action
• conflict 
• setting
• plot 

Interest and suspense are built during which part of the story? 

• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• falling action 

The story's time and place is

• tone
• plot
• setting
• voice

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Takes the reader on a quick focused journey.

• short story
• plot
• setting
• theme

People and animals that take part in a story's action.

• setting
• plot
• narrators
• characters

The person who tells the story is the 

• character
• setting
• point of view
• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The main idea, or message, in a literary work is the

• setting
• plot
• tone
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Character deals with a conflict with self  

• internal
• external