Elements of a Short Story Test

A series of events that build up to the climax.

• Falling Action
• Introduction
• Rising Action
• Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Plot is:

•  Hint/clue about what might happen later in the story
•  A feeling of excitement of tension
• Describes the events happening within a story
• A person (or animal) in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is conflict?

• A person (or animal) in a story
• Time and place where the action occurs
• A struggle between opposing forces (the problem in the story)
• Broad idea in a story, or a message, or lesson conveyed by a work

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The setting of a story is:

• Time and place where the action occurs
• Character changes by the end of the story
• Interrupt the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past (or future)
• Story is written the order the events actually occurred

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is a character?

• A person (or animal) in a story
• When a story leaves the reader in suspense 
• A feeling of excitement of tension
• Story is written the order the events actually occurred

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What are two types of conflict?

• Plot/Theme
• Static/Dynamic
• External/Internal
• Tone/Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Which part of the plot is the most exciting, “highest” point of the story?

• Exposition
• Resolution
• Rising Action
• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What type of character is seen as the main character or focus of the story?

• Subordinate
• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Static

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.

The ____________________ are the people or animals in the story.

• plot

• characters

• conflict

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.

The _____________________ is the series of events.

• characters

• theme

• setting

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4