Short Story Elements Vocabulary

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The ____________________ are the people or animals in the story.

• plot

• characters

• conflict

• setting

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The _____________________ is the series of events.

• characters

• theme

• setting

• plot

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The __________________ is the time and place of the story's action.

• setting

• characters

• theme

• plot

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The __________________ is a message about life.

• plot

• setting

• point of view

• theme

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A character's ________________ is his or her qualities, such as honesty.

• traits

• motives

• conflict

• plot

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The plot contains a ___________, or problem, between opposing forces.

• setting

• character

• conflict

• theme

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An _________________ conflict takes place inside a character's mind, such as when a character struggles to make a decision.

• internal

• external

• plot

• character traits

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An ______________ conflict is one in which a character struggles with an outside source.

• internal

• external

• setting

• character motives

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An example of __________________ might be a small village in England in the winter of 1765.

• plot

• character

• setting

• theme