5 elements of a short story

Match the following

• Symbol

• The main character

• Protagonist

• It's the final outcome which appears at the end of a story

• Theme

• It's the central idea revealed by a work of literature

• Resolution

• Where in the plot would you find information about conflict?

• Exposition

• Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself, and something else

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The central, or universal, message or lesson of a story

• Plot

• Theme

• Suspense

• Setting

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

Where the suspense builds and the problem gets worse and becomes more complicated. The events that lead up to the climax.

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The highest point in the conflict. Where the problem (conflict) gets really BIG and the main character (protagonist) must make some sort of decision. This is the most exciting part of a story.

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Character(s)

• The personalities in a story

• People in the story

• The sequence of events that make up a story

• Who the story is about

A struggle within the character's own mind

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

• Rising Action

• Character

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The character struggles against an outside force

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

• Theme

• Character

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

This is a type of internal conflict

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Nature

• Man vs. Society

• Man vs. Himself

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

The character(s) who oppose, or go against, the main character, usually causing the protagonist some sort of trouble

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Internal Conflict

• Theme

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The main character(s) in a story usually the person the story is about

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Plot

• Ms. Smith

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6