Elements of a Short Story Review

What is the conflict of a story?

• The time and place
• The main problem the character encounters
• The most exciting part of the story
• The beginning of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What are character traits?

• A character's opinion.
• The things a character says.
• Personality traits for a character.
• What a character looks like.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

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.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is the exposition of a story?

• Where the action is winding down after the climax.
• The end of the story where everything is resolved.
• The most exciting part of a story; the turning point.
• The beginning of a story where we learn about setting and some of the characters.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is climax?

• Where the conflict of the story grows and where the events increasingly build up in excitement.
• The end of a story where everything is resolved.
• The beginning of a story where we learn about setting and some characters.
• The most exciting part of a story; the turning point.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The series of events that make up a story is....

• foreshadowing
• plot
• resolution
• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A very sudden change in the expected outcome of the plot is called a....

• flashback
• flash forward
• plot twist
• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The struggle between opposing forces in known as the...

• conflict
• rising action
• theme
• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

A sudden and vivid memory of a past event is called a...

• climax
• flash forward
• external conflict
• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When a writer tells you what a character is like or how they feel it is known as...

• indirect characterization
• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3