Parts of a Short Story

Which part is this paragraph?

• beginning

• conflict

• climax

• resolution

• ending

Which part does this paragraph match with?

• beginning

• conflict

• climax

• resolution

• ending

Which part does this paragraph match with?

• beginning

• conflict

• climax

• resolution

• ending

Which part does this paragraph match with?

• beginning

• conflict

• climax

• resolution

• ending

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

• plot

• theme

• exposition

• flashback

Introduces the setting, the characters and the basic situation.

• plot

• exposition

• rising action

• dialect

The part of the story when the conflict lessens.

• characterization

• falling action

• rising action

• irony

The time and place of the story

• conflict

• setting

• irony

• exposition

People or animals who take part in a story’s action.

• indirect characterization

• motivation

• resolution

• characters

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

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• theme

• universal theme