Short Story

If the author uses the word, "but," this is signaling that _______ is happening.

• happiness

• theme

• setting

• conflict

Introduces the setting, the characters and the basic situation.

• plot

• exposition

• rising action

• dialect

The turning point of a story

• irony

• motivation

• universal theme

• climax

The part of the story when the conflict lessens.

• characterization

• falling action

• rising action

• irony

The story’s conclusion

• motivation

• exposition

• resolution

• plot

The central/main message expressed in a story

• theme

• universal theme

• irony

• motivation

The time and place of the story

• conflict

• setting

• irony

• exposition

Problem in the story

• motivation

• conflict

• dialect

• irony

The reason(s) that explain why characters act as they do.

• motivation

• irony

• resolution

• foreshadowing

The use of clues early in the story to hint at events that are going to occur later.

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• theme

• universal theme