Short story elements

What are some other words that would be similar to what the theme is for a story?

• Setting, character, irony

• Lesson, message, underlying meaning

• Resolution, exposition, climax

• External, internal, point of view

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Put the story arc in the correct order for how stories usually are written:

• Introduction, irony, ending, resolution

• Exposition, rising action, falling action, climax, ending

• Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

• Rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Click all the types of irony:

• Verbal

• Situational

• Omniscient

• Dramatic

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which answer shows the two parts of the setting:

• sounds and smells

• location and time frame

• Internal and external

• Protagonist and antagonist

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

A first person point of view is a story told by a narrator who is:

• An active character in the story and might use “I”

• A “hovering” being who watches what happens

• Not ever picking a side in the story

• referring to everyone in the third 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

A third person narrator is similar to a(an):

• Parent at the supper table

• Announcer at a game

• Teacher on a field trip

• Police officer at a traffic stop

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What type of narrator knows many things about many characters and their feelings and thoughts?

• Limited

• First person

• Third person

• Omniscient

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

A strength of a first person narrator is:

• The reader will learn many perspectives

• The reader will learn a lot about the narrator and their point of view - a really deep level

• The reader will hear the thoughts and feelings of all the characters

• There are no strengths to this type of narrator

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

A protagonist is always a good, positive person.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The antagonist always opposes the protagonist.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3