SHORT STORY ELEMENTS

What is climax?

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

What is the resolution?

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

What is the theme of a story?

• The series of events in a story.
• The major life lesson or message.
• The character's personality traits.

Which is the best definition of character traits?

• A character's opinion

• Personality traits for a character

• What a character looks like

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.

The _____ are the people or animals in the story.

• characters

• conflict

• setting

The time and place and when and where the story takes place.

• Setting
• Symbolism
• Plot

What is another name for the introduction?

• Resolution
• Exposition
• Evolution

What is the conflict in a story?

• A plot line for a story
• The problem or complication

• A big fight

When a story is in a _____, the events follow one another in the correct order. 

• theme
• sequence
• resolution

The six elements of the plot structure are in which order?

• setting, conflict, rising action, falling action, climax, resolution
• exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
• exposition, setting, point of view, conflict, rising action, falling action