WorksheetsShort Story--what makes a short story a short story?
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 14mins
A short story can be up to...
80 pages
90 pages
100 pages
60 pages
A short story can be read in ONE sitting, or....
2 hours
30 minutes
60 minutes
An hour
Main purposes for a short story:
To instruct or teach-what lesson, moral, or theme, can the reader learn from the story?
To make people think about their life choices
To waste your time reading page after page of nothingness
To entertain-simply put: was the reader amused?
Short stories must have a(n)...
Page
reason
Title
Author
True or False: there are five parts to a story: setting, characters, conflict, plot, and theme
True
False
-when and where the story takes place
(a)
True or False: A person or animal in the narrative of a short story is a character
True
False
-Hero or main character; he or she learns a lesson (good guy)
(a)
-causes problems-intetionally OR unintentionally for the protagonist. Isn't always the "bad guy"
(a)
-these characters are multi-dimensional, they're like us, they have faults. The protagonist is always this kind of character.
Round
Dynamic
Chunky
Huge
-these characters are multi-dimensional, they're like us, they have faults. The protagonist is always this kind of character.
Round
Dynamic
Chunky
Huge
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These characters |Do Not|
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Change throughout the story. They are usually stereotypes.
Flat
Flat
Static
Stxtic
-predictable in appearance and behavior, a character who is so well known that little has to be said about them-- these characters are immediately because of the role they play
Flat
Nerd
Static
Stereotype
-Plays opposite a partner, a character that is used to enhance another character through contrast.
(a)
-The characteristics, qualities, and distinguishing features that a character possesses, such as dependability and intelligence
(a)
-features about your body and appearance. How you would describe a character.
(a)
These are traits that describe the way the character acts
(a)
-The sequence of events in a story
(a)
-introduces the setting. The time and place of the story, the characters, and the basic situation.
Introduction
Excitation
Exposition
Position
-Introduces the conflict or problem of the story. As the story progresses, the reader learns about the character’s problems they’re facing.
Falling action
Rsing action
Rising action
Action
-the turning part of a story. Point of most interest. Highest point of tension.
Climb axe
Trimax
True facts
Climax
-events that lead to the resolution. This is where the conflict lessons.
Action
Falling action
Rising action
Resolution
-outcome of conflict. the story’s ending.
Exposition
Falling action
End
Resolution
In order, name the plot.
(a)
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