Short Story Elements

What type of character changes in the story?

Which character is the main character?

What is the term for the outcome of the main confict?

What is the term for a complex character (meaning they have a variety of traits)?

What is the account of an event that happened at an earlier point in the story?

Which perspective is from one character looking in on the story like a "fly on the wall"?

What type of conflict is in a character's mind?

What type of character stays the same?

What literary device creates a meaning within an object, person, place, or action?

What is the term for the turning point of a story?

Which character is in conflict with the main character?

What is the term for the introduction of the setting and main characters?

What is the term for the use of hints to suggest what will happen later in a story?

Which point of view shows us thoughts and feelings of characters that the author chooses to reveal to us?

Which literary device is a state of event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects?

What is the term for narration using I, me, my, and mine?

What is the central message or insight into life?

Which point of view is an all-knowing narrator who sees and knows everything?

What is the term for a struggle between a character and outside force?

What is the term for the tying up of loose ends; happily ever after.

What type of character is a simple character with little description?

What is the term for the time and place of a story?