Parts of a Short Story

Parts of a Short Story

11th Grade

15 Qs

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Parts of a Short Story

Parts of a Short Story

Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.8.3, RL.6.3, RI. 9-10.9

+18

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

motivation

irony

resolution

foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Conflict

Plot

Theme

Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Exposition

Rising Action

Climax

Falling Action

Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Exposition

Rising Action

Climax

Falling Action

Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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