Short Story Elements

What do we call the series of events in a story?

• Setting
• Plot
• Theme

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What do we call the series of events in a story?

• Setting
• Plot
• Theme

The message of the story is the . . .

• Setting
• Plot
• Theme

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

_____ gives the readers clues about what will come later in the story.

• Theme
• Plot
• Flashback
• Foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

An example of setting is 

• A big castle with magical house objects 
•  the central idea or belief in a short story.
• Persuade 
• Third person 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When the narrator is outsideal of the story and gives the thoughts and feelings of a single character it is the ___ point of view.

• 1st person
• 3rd person omniscient
• 3rd person limited omniscient
• 3rd person objective

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

When the narrator of the story is a character in the story it is written in the ___ point of view

• 1st person
• 3rd person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

To __________________  is to tell the main points of a story using your own words.

• summarize
• theme
• climax
• major event

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the turning point or decisive moment in a story? 

• climax
• minor event
• major event
• plot

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

In the story Cinderella, you would describe the main character as kind, honest, and hard working. These adjectives that describe Cinderella are called _____________________.

• the resolution
• the theme
• the setting
• character traits

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3