The short story

The name of a book or short story.

• feature

• plot

• title

• label

What is the main idea of the story?

• theme

• plot

• title

• characters

Sequence of events in a story, main events in a story.

• theme

• conflict

• setting

• plot

The time and place of a story.

• plot

• theme

• setting

• title

A speaker or character who tells a story

• main character

• narrator

• plot

• story teller

the people in the story

• narrator

• friends

• conflict

• characters

What struggle occurs with the characters?

• conflict

• suspense

• climax

• plot

Most exciting moment of the story; turning point

• conflict

• suspense

• climax

• plot

How does the story begin to gain the readers attention?

• climax

• conflict

• orientation

• suspense

A series of difficulties forming the central action in a narrative.

• climax

• complication

• corruption

• conflict