Parts of a Short Story

The central/main message expressed in a story

• theme

• universal theme

• irony

• motivation

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The reason(s) that explain why characters act as they do.

• motivation

• irony

• resolution

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The events that give the reader background information needed to understand the story. The introduction to the story usually reveals the setting, the major characters, and the basic situation.

• Resolution

• Rising Action

• Personification

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The major events that develop the

plot and lead to the climax; the conflict(s) and events get more complicated.

• resolution

• rising action

• exposition

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The time and place of a story/narrative is...

• Conflict

• Plot

• Theme

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What part of the plot diagram is illustrated in step 6?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What part of the plot diagram is illustrated in step 4?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When would the CONFLICT be introduced and get worse in the story?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The turning point of a story, where the main character faces the biggest obstacle.

• A) Climax

• B) Exposition

• C) Resolution

• D) Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The struggle between opposing forces in a story, often driving the plot.

• A) Theme

• B) Conflict

• C) Setting

• D) Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3