Elements of Short Story

1. What is plot in a short story?

• where the story happen

• the events that happen in order in a story

• the narrator's role in a story

What is the rising action in a short story?

• the background information

• the events that lead up to the climax

• the point of highest action

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CCSS.RL.6.3

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3. The highest point of drama, also described as the turning point, in the story is called what?

• the climax

• the resolution

• the exposition

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4. The events that happen after the climax of the story that lead up to the end are called ____________________.

• resolution

• falling action

• characters

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5.What is the end of the story called when the author explains how everything turns out for the characters?

• setting

• resolution

• narration

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CCSS.RL.6.3

6.Who is the main character of a story?

• antagonist

• narrator

• protagonist

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CCSS.RL.4.3

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7.Who is the antagonist in a story?

• the person or people in charge

• the character or characters working against the main character

• the main character

8. In short stories, setting is __

• time

• place

• time and location

9.What is conflict in a story?

• the struggle that happens between the opposing sides in a story

• arguments

• only something experienced by the antagonist

10. What is theme?

• the law in the story

• the life lesson of the story

• the title of the story

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