5 elements of a short story

Match the following

• Protagonist

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

• Resolution

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

• Symbol

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

• Exposition

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

• Theme

• The main character

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

• Plot

• Theme

• Suspense

• Setting

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

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

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

The character struggles against an outside force

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

• Theme

• Character

This is a type of internal conflict

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Nature

• Man vs. Society

• Man vs. Himself

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

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Internal Conflict

• Theme

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

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Plot

• Ms. Smith