Short Story Elements Review

25. This is a character who grows and changes a lot during the story.

3. This is all the details of the story, from beginning to end.

20. Number 1 on the Plot Structure Diagram

22. Number 2 on the plot structure diagram

17. The time or place where the action of the story occurs.

23. This is a character that is well developed and together.

5.. This is a struggle within oneself. (A character must decide- do I eat the entire chocolate cake, or do I not?)

12. This is the writer's message or lesson learned of a short story.

26. This is a supporting character you know minimal information about as they only serve one purpose.

10. This is the part of the story that shows the effects of the climax.

19. Number 3 on the Plot Structure Diagram/Witches' Hat is _________________.

27. This is the good guy in the story, who undergoes a struggle in the story.

2.When the narrator is a character in the story, uses I, ME, US, WE, OUR when telling the story

21. Number 4 on the plot structure diagram

24. This is a character who never changes.

7. This is the one who tells the story. It may be a person, animal, or thing.

9. This is a work of fiction that develops one idea and can be read in one sitting- can be five pages or fifty, not 900.

6. This is when the conflict builds as the main characters struggle to solve problems; complications are added.

11. These are the important characters in a story.

13. This is when the narrator is NOT a character in the story, but only a voice outside the action.

28. This is the bad guy in the story who opposes the main character.

14. This is when a reader combines knowledge with facts from the story to figure out what is happening in the story. 

8.Struggle of a character with something outside of themselves, for example: man vs. society, man vs. nature,man vs. man

4. This refers to the method a writer uses to portray a character. What do they look like? What is their job?

15. This is the turning point of the story.

1.The introduction that gives background on the characters, including the “need to know” information to understand story

19. Number 5 on the Plot Structure Diagram

16. This is the final part of the story. It tells how the story ends and ties up all loose ends of the plot.