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Elements of A Short Story

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.


The ____________________ are the people or animals in the story.

a)

plot

b)

characters

c)

conflict

d)

setting

2.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.


The _____________________ is the series of events.

a)

characters

b)

theme

c)

setting

d)

plot

3.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.


The __________________ is the time and place of the story's action.

a)

setting

b)

characters

c)

theme

d)

plot

4.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.


The __________________ is a message about life.

a)

plot

b)

setting

c)

point of view

d)

theme

5.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.


A character's ________________ is his or her qualities, such as honesty.

a)

traits

b)

motives

c)

conflict

d)

plot

6.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.


A character's _________________ are the reasons he or she acts, such as a desire to be liked.

a)

traits

b)

features

c)

motives

d)

names

7.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.


The plot contains a ___________, or problem, between opposing forces.

a)

setting

b)

character

c)

conflict

d)

theme

8.
What is the conflict of a story?
a)
The time and place
b)
The main problem the character encounters
c)
The most exciting part of the story
d)
The beginning of a story
9.
What is climax?
a)
Where the conflict of the story grows and where the events increasingly build up in excitement.
b)
The end of a story where everything is resolved.
c)
The beginning of a story where we learn about setting and some characters.
d)
The most exciting part of a story; the turning point.
10.
What is falling action?
a)
The end of a story where everything is resolved.
b)
Where the conflict of the story grows and where the events increasingly build up in excitement.
c)
The most exciting part of a story; the turning point.
d)
The part after the climax where events are winding down.
11.
What is the resolution?
a)
Where the conflict of the story grows and where the events increasingly build up in excitement.
b)
The end of a story where everything is resolved.
c)
The most exciting part of a story; the turning point.
d)
The beginning of the story where we learn about setting and some characters.
12.
The highest point of drama, also described as the turning point, in the story is called what?
a)
the climax
b)
the resolution
c)
the inciting incident
d)
the exposition
13.
The events that happen after the climax of the story that lead up to the end are called ____________________.
a)
inciting incident
b)
resolution
c)
characters
d)
falling action
14.
What is conflict in a story?
a)
the struggle that happens between the opposing sides in a story
b)
fights between only single characters
c)
arguments
d)
only something experienced by the antagonist
15.
What is plot in a short story?
a)
where the story happens
b)
the events that happen in order in a story
c)
the struggle in the story
d)
the narrator's role in a story

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