Short Story Plot

________ is when and where the story takes place.

• plot
• setting
• theme

Characters must be either people or animals.

• False
• True

I am the message or moral in the story about human nature.

• plot
• climax
• theme

The ________ is the part of the plot that leads to the climax.

• exposition
• rising action
• falling action
• resolution

A problem that other characters can see or hear in the story is external conflict.

• False
• True

The ______ is the part of the plot which is the turning point for a main character or for the storyline.

• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• falling action

The exposition of the plot gives the reader the characters, the setting, and the ___________.

• main event (conflict)
• resolution
• climax

I am a struggle within the character's mind that other characters cannot see or hear.

• external conflict
• internal conflict

The majority of most narrative stories takes place in which part of the plot?

• exposition
• rising action
• falling action
• resolution

Foreshadowing is when the author gives __________ about what will happen later in the story.

• conflict
• setting
• lies
• clues