The Gift of the Magi and Elements of a Short Story

Reorder the following

• exposition

• conclusion/resolution

• rising action

• falling action

• climax

The (a)   are the people or animals in the story.

The _____________ is the series of event.

• plot

• character

• setting

• conflict

Match the following

• character

• 
• plot

• 
• point of view

• 
• setting

• 
• conflict

• 

Draw or write what you understand of what is setting.

The (a)   is the time and place of the story's action.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.

The ______________is a message about life.

• setting

• plot

• theme

• conflict

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.

The plot contains a ___________, or problem, between opposing forces.

• theme

• plot

• conflict

• setting

An example of __________________ might be a small village in England in the winter of 1765.

• plot

• setting

• character

• theme

What is the conflict of a story?

• The main problem the characters face.

• The most exciting part of the story.

• The beginning of the story.

• Time and place