Short Story Elements Quiz

Introduces the setting, the characters and the basic situation.

• plot
• exposition
• rising action
• dialect

Tags

CCSS.W.5.3A

The turning point of a story

• irony
• motivation
• universal theme
• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The part of the story when the conflict lessens.

• characterization
• falling action
• rising action
• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

The story’s conclusion

• motivation
• exposition
• resolution
• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.W.5.3E

The central/main message expressed in a story

• theme
• universal theme
• irony
• motivation

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The time and place of the story

• conflict
• setting
• irony
• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Problem in the story

• motivation
• conflict
• dialect
• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

People or animals who take part in a story’s action.

• indirect characterization
• motivation
• resolution
• characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The use of clues early in the story to hint at events that are going to occur later.

• foreshadowing
• flashback
• theme
• universal theme

The placement of a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to reveal past occurrences.

• foreshadowing
• flashback
• motivation
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5