Elements of a Story

This usually occurs at the beginning of a short story. Here the characters are introduced. We also learn about the setting of the story. Most importantly, we are introduced to the main conflict. What is this?

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Exposition

All of the following are examples of themes except

• Friendship

• Survival

• A Prince

• Growing up

The climax of Geri's game is. . .

• when mean Geri is winning the game

• when Geri wins the game

• when Geri has a heart attack

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Della counted it three times: $1.87.

Tomorrow was Christmas Day, and that was all she had to buy Jim a present. She wanted to give him something fine and rare - something worthy of a man like Jim.

Suddenly Della looked into her cheap mirror. She pulled down her hair and let it fall around her.

Now, the James Dillingham Youngs owned two things that they were proud of. One was Jim's gold watch. It had been his father's and his grandfather's. The other was Della's hair.

The beginning of the story where we learn about character, setting, and conflict is called...

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Della counted it three times: $1.87.

Tomorrow was Christmas Day, and that was all she had to buy Jim a present. She wanted to give him something fine and rare - something worthy of a man like Jim.

Suddenly Della looked into her cheap mirror. She pulled down her hair and let it fall around her.

Now, the James Dillingham Youngs owned two things that they were proud of. One was Jim's gold watch. It had been his father's and his grandfather's. The other was Della's hair.

Della's beautiful hair fell around her, rippling and shining like a waterfall. The she tied it up again nervously and quickly. A tear or two splashed on the worn red carpet.

With a sparkle still in her eyes, she flew out of the door and down the street. She stopped at a sign that read: "Madam Sofronie. Hair Goods of All Kinds."

"Will you buy my hair?" asked Della.

"I buy hair," said Madame. "Let's look at it."

Della let her hair down.

"Twenty dollars," said Madame.

"Give me the money quickly," said Della.

Oh, the next two hours were like a rosy dream. Della went through the stores searching for Jim's present.

She found it at last. It was a platinum watch chain.

Counting money, looking at her hair in the mirror, tying her hair up, crying, running to the hair salon, asking if the hair dresser would buy her hair.

All these make up which part of the plot?

• the exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

the first part of a story when you learn about the characters, setting, and conflict

• beginning

• climax

• resolution

Which is not part of plot?

• exposition

• climax

• resolution

• mood

Ms. Giramia describes the events that happen in the beginning, middle and end of the book she just read. This means that she is describing the ________.

• Character

• Conflict

• Plot

• Theme

The ______________ of the movie Coco is Mexico.

• characters

• setting

• conflict

the MIDDLE of a story when the most important thing happens

• beginning

• climax

• resolution