short story elements

Tell me the difference between a protagonist and an atagonist.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Check the FIVE basic elements of all short stories.

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

• Character

• Conflict

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

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CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the conflict in a story?

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

• A big fight

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

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

• Setting
• Symbolism
• Plot

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

You come to school late with your hair a mess because you overslept. Your best friend looks at your says, "Clearly you're late because you spent all morning on your hair." This is an example of __________.

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The opposite of what is expected; contrast between what we think and what is real.

• Irony
• Symbolism
• Theme

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

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

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

This is where the reader is introduced to the conflict.

• Inciting Incident

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Exposition

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

This is where the conflict has completely resolved and all questions are answered.

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Inciting Incident

• Resolution

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9