Structure of Stories

Select the word that correctly defines each story element. 
The setting of a story introduces the...

• problem. 
• rising action.
• place and time the story takes place. 
• narrator. 

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Select the word that correctly defines each story element. 
The characters of a story are..

• who is in the story.
• the place. 
• the problem the characters face.
• the narrator. 

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Select the word that correctly defines each story element. 
The conflict of a story is the...

• characters. 
• setting.
• narrator.
• problem the character faces.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Select the word that correctly defines each story element. 
The theme of a story is 

• the message or moral the author presents. 
• the characters and their relationship.
• another word for setting.
• the words the characters say.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What kind of tenses that you need to use when writing a story?

• Present tense

• Future tense

• Continuous tense

• Past tense

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Choose the correct order to form plot of the story:

• resolution, rising action, climax, falling action, exposition

• resolution, falling action, climax, rising action, exposition

• exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

• exposition, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What element of a short story might be described as the 'series of related events'?

• Character

• Conflict

• Plot

• Climax

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the purpose of the short story's title?

• To inform readers of story content

• To create curiosity

• To get readers' attention

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of the following could be a setting for a story?

• A king and a queen

• Honesty is the best policy

• A faraway castle

• A wicked witch puts a curse on a princess

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which is the correct term for what could be described as the "turning point of the story"?

• Resolution

• Falling action

• Climax

• Exposition

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9