Short Story Elements

Shows the action of the story.

The person or thing fighting against the hero of a story

The feeling a reader gets from a story

The "problem" in a story.

The time and place of a story.

The central part of a story during which various problems arise, and it leads up to the climax.

The subject or message being written about.

The hero of the story

The turning point in the action of a story.

Explains what happened before the story starts, the setting of the story, and the characters.

Part of a story that follows the climax.

Which is not a basic type of conflict?

The end of a story when the problems are solved.