Parts of a short story

The sequence of events in a short story, usually divided into five parts.

• plot
• theme
• exposition
• flashback

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.2.2

Introduces the setting, the characters and the basic situation.

• plot
• exposition
• rising action
• dialect

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

The turning point of a story

• irony
• motivation
• universal theme
• climax

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

The story’s conclusion

• motivation
• exposition
• resolution
• plot

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The central/main message expressed in a story

• theme
• universal theme
• irony
• motivation

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The time and place of the story

• conflict
• setting
• irony
• exposition

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Problem in the story

• motivation
• conflict
• dialect
• irony

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The use of clues early in the story to hint at events that are going to occur later.

• foreshadowing
• flashback
• theme
• universal theme

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The placement of a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to reveal past occurrences.

• foreshadowing
• flashback
• motivation
• theme

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The major events that develop the

plot and lead to the climax; the conflict(s) and events get more complicated.

• resolution

• rising action

• exposition

• falling action