Short Story Elements

What is setting?

• The time and place where a story occurs
• A character's personality traits.
• The most exciting part of a story.
• The ending of a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

What is the theme of a story?

• The series of events in a story.
• The author's point of view.
• The major life lesson or message.
• The character's personality traits.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The sequence of events / action of the story is also known as the...

• Plot twist

• Plot

• Characterization

• Setting

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the point of view called when a story is narrated by the main character?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the point of view called when it is narrated by someone outside the story?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What would you call the time and place in which the story occurs?

• Characterization

• Conflict

• Setting

• Exposition

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

What would you call the many ways an author reveals the personality of an individual?

• Characterization

• Conflict

• Setting

• Exposition

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

What do you call the people in the story?

• Characters

• Animals

• Plants

The short story should be

• Long

• Short

How many characters can be in the story?

• Only one

• As much as the writer wants