Parts of a Short Story

The sequence of events in a short story, usually divided into five parts.

• plot
• theme
• exposition
• flashback

The turning point of a story

• irony
• motivation
• universal theme
• climax

The story’s conclusion

• motivation
• exposition
• resolution
• plot

The central/main message expressed in a story

• theme
• universal theme
• irony
• motivation

The story’s conclusion

• motivation
• exposition
• resolution
• plot

Problem in the story

• motivation
• conflict
• dialect
• irony

The use of clues early in the story to hint at events that are going to occur later.

• foreshadowing
• flashback
• theme
• universal theme

What literary device involves a scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point in the story?

• climax

• flashback

• symbolism

• irony

perspective from which a story is told

• literary devices

• point of view

• resolution

• motive

A concrete or real object used to represent an idea

• plot

• euphemism

• sensory imagery

• symbolism