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Short Story Elements
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Miss Johnson's 7th Grade Literature Class
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What is: When a character is in conflict with a societal norm or expectation?
Person vs. Person
Internal Conflict
External Conflict
Person vs. Society
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What part of the story is when events and conflict begin to get resolved?
Conclusion/Resolution
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
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What is: Conflict between a character and an outside force?
Person vs. Themselves
Person vs. Person
External Conflict
Internal Conflict
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What sets the scene for the story? It introduces the reader to the characters and setting.
Falling Action
Introduction/Exposition
Inciting Incident
Conclusion/Resolution
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What is: When a character is in conflict with an animal or other force of nature?
Person vs. Nature
Person vs. Person
Person vs. Society
Person vs. Themselves
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A reference to an event that occurred before the story took place.
Theme
Foreshadowing
Irony
Flashback
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What is: The character or person who is telling the story?
First Person Point of View
Third Person Point of View
Second Person Point of View
Narrator
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What is: When two characters are in conflict with each other's ideas, actions, or beliefs?
External Conflict
Internal Conflict
Person vs. Themselves
Person vs. Person
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A character who changes throughout the story usually as a result of overcoming a problem?
Antagonist
Static Character
Dynamic Character
Protagonist
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What is an event that gets the story started? It makes the reader want to continue reading.
Falling Action
Conclusion/Resolution
Introduction/Exposition
Initial Incident
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The time and place & when and where the story takes place.
Setting
Theme
Irony
Symbolism
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What is: The eyes we see the story through?
Narrator
Point of View
Second Person Point of View
Third Person Point of View
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Who is a complex character that we can see many sides of?
Round Character
Flat Character
Static Character
Dynamic Character
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Giving a hint of something to come.
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Theme
Irony
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What is: Not very common in literature. When the author directly addresses the reader?
First Person Point of View
Third Person Point of View
Second Person Point of View
Narrator
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The opposite of what is expected. A contrast between what we think and what is real.
Irony
Symbolism
Foreshadowing
Flashback
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What is the end of the story called?
Inciting Incident
Introduction/Exposition
Falling Action/Resolution
Rising Action/Resolution
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What is: A character's self-doubt about the best way to solve a problem?
Internal Conflict
Person vs. Person
External Conflict
Person vs. Themselves
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What is: The reader sees and knows only as much as the main character does?
Second Person Point of View
First Person Point of View
Narrator
Third Person Point of View
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When an object or person is used to represent a bigger idea.
Irony
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Symbolism
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What is: The facts of the story are reported by a neutral observer.
Second Person Point of View
Third Person Point of View
First Person Point of View
Narrator
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What is the most exciting part of the story? The turning point of the story.
Climax
Rising Action
Introduction/Exposition
Inciting Incident
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Who is the main character of the story. The one the story revolves around?
Dynamic Character
Protagonist
Flat Character
Antagonist
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What is a series of events that build up to the climax?
Inciting Incident
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
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Who is a character who does not evolve or change throughout a story?
Dynamic Character
Static Character
Round Character
Flat Character
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Which of the following is not one of the "5 things?"
Irony
Setting
Conflict
Plot
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Who is a character that we only see one side of? We know very little about them.
Static Character
Dynamic Character
Round Character
Flat Character
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Who is the character who is in conflict with the protagonist?
Antagonist
Dynamic Character
Round Character
Static Character
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What is: When character is in conflict with themselves and a decision they need to make?
Person vs. Person
Person vs. Themselves
External Conflict
Internal Conflict
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A common thread or idea in the story.
Flashback
Symbolism
Theme
Setting
