SHORT STORIES

THE SETTING IS ...

• What the story is about

• Where and when the story takes place

• What happens to the protagonist

• What happens in the end

The PLOT is ...

• Like the structure of the story

• The place where the character is buried

• What the author intends to do

• The place where the story takes place

The most important event in the story is the

• Exposition

• Falling action

• Climax

• Resolution

Plots can be linear or ...

• Complex

• Circular

• A flashback

• Chronological

In Cinderella, the discovery of her everyday life is the ...

• Climax

• Exposition

• Rising action

• Resolution

In Cinderella, the action rises when

• Cinderella gets invited to the ball

• Cinderella tries on the glass slipper

• Cinderella's fairy godmother arrives

• Cinderella leaves the ball

When Cinderella leaves the ball, losing her glass slipper, that is the _____ of the story.

• Falling action

• Climax

• Resolution

• Rising action

The resolution of Cinderella is when ...

• Cinderella tries on the glass slipper

• The Prince looks for Cinderella

• Cinderella and the prince get married

• Cinderella decides to go to the ball

The Characters in a short story are either flat or ...

• Round, complex, dynamic

• Interesting, difficult, annoying

• Round, static, boring

• Simple, complex, dull

The Antagonist is ...

• The opposite of the Protagonist

• The same as the Protagonist

• In love with the Protagonist

• Always helping the Protagonist