The Gift of the Magi and Elements of a Short Story

Reorder the following

• rising action

• conclusion/resolution

• exposition

• falling action

• climax

The __________ are the people or animals in the story.

The _____________ is the series of event.

• plot

• character

• setting

• conflict

Match the following

• setting

• 
• plot

• 
• point of view

• 
• conflict

• 
• character

• 

Draw or write what you understand of what is setting.

The_________ 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