Analyzing Short Stories

The Where and When a story takes place

• Plot

• Setting

• Conflict

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The struggle between opposing forces

• Resolution

• Climax

• Conflict

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Having to choose between two opposing desires

• Internal conflict

• External conflict

• Man vs. Man

• Man. vs. Nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

When the narrator is a character in the story

• First Person POV

• Second Person POV

• Omniscient POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The sequence of events in a story

• Conflict

• Setting

• Characterization

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The main idea of the story. The life lesson.

• Plot

• Conflict

• Theme

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

When the narrator is able to get into the head of all the characters

• First Person POV

• Second Person POV

• Omniscient POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Person vs. person, nature, society, etc.

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

The highest point of suspense/turning point of a story

• Theme

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

 A character that undergoes changes in attitude

• Dynamic

• Static

• Flat

• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4