Short Story Elements and Figurative Language

Who invented the short story?

• Ernest Hemingway

• Stephen King

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Harper Lee

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CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What do we call the beginning of the story? This includes the setting, main characters, introduction, etc.

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Resolution

• Exposition

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What do we call the most exciting part of the story? This is where all of the conflicts merge and clash.

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

• Rising Action

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What do we call a conflict that is INSIDE a character?

• Not my problem

• External

• Stress

• Internal

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Character VS Nature is what type of conflict

• Internal

• Scary

• Interesting

• External

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Which of the following would be considered a theme?

• Be grateful for what you have.

• The grass is not always greener on the other side.

• Death

• Greed leads to death.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

Which of the following would be considered a moral?

• Love

• Treat others like you want to be treated.

• Greed

• Racism

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CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What do we call the main character of a story?

• Antagonist

• Main character

• Enemy

• Protagonist

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which of the following is the antagonist in "The Necklace"?

• The party

• Madame Forestier

• Her husband

• Her greed

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CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which type of character changes by the end of a story?

• Flat

• Static

• Dynamic

• Round

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4