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people or animals in the story

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characters

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angle from which the events are told

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point of view

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the time and place of the story

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setting

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the feelings you get from the story

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mood

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name the five parts of theplot line

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exposition, rising action, climax,falling action, resolution

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True or False:Short stories usually have manycharacters with different conflicts.

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false

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the “good guy” in the story

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protagonist

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when the writer tells you what thecharacters are like throughdescription

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direct characterization

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opposing character or force

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antagonist

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The character Molly ignores the character Shelly in the story, and she rolls her eyes every time Shelly speaks. From Molly’sactions, we can tell that Shelly is annoyingand a know-it-all.

This is an example of _________________.

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indirect characterization

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True or False:The plot is usually uncomplicatedand simple in a short story.

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False

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During this stage, all of the problemsare worked out and resolved.

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resolution

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the point in the story where tensionis the greatest

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climax

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During this stage, characters andsetting are introduced.

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exposition

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This stage introduces the problemor conflict in the story.

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rising action

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Which type of conflict involves themain character and anothercharacter in the story?

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man vs. man

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Which type of conflict involves themain character having an internalstruggle inside himself?

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man vs. himself

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Dealing with racism in thecommunity would be an example ofwhich type of conflict?

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man vs. society

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A character trying to overcome herfear of heights would be an exampleof which type of conflict?

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man vs. herself

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A family is living in the midst of a hurricane.

This is an example of which typeof conflict?

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man vs. nature

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True or False:The theme of a piece of literature isalways expressed as a full sentence.

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True

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The narrator is the “I” telling the storyis which type of point of view?

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first-person point of view

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A story told by an outside observerusing words like she, he, they, etc.is which type of point of view?

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third-person point of view

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an idea about life revealed in a workof literature

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theme

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The feeling of suspense as you readthe story is an example of ________.

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mood

Final JeopardyFinal Jeopardy

List all six of the short story elements.

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1.setting2.characters3.plot4.mood5.point of view6.theme