Short Story Elements

A central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work. The message about life.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The sequence of events in a story.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A conversation between characters.

• Monologue

• dialogue

• soliloquy

• characterization

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Conflict: give an example of Man vs Man conflict:

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Conflict: give an example of Man vs Self conflict:

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Conflict: give an example of Man vs Society conflict:

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

The use, in a literary work, of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.

• foreshadowing

• irony

• mood

• suspense

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The time, place, & social context in which the story occurs.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events.

• foreshadowing

• irony

• mood

• suspense

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The general name given to literary techniques that involve surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions.

• foreshadowing

• irony

• mood

• suspense

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3