Short Story Elements Review
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- Q1The events or action of the storycharacterpoint of viewsettingplot30s
- Q2the part of the plot where characters, setting, and background information are introducedrising actionnarrative hookexpositionclimax30s
- Q3the point at which the main character is involved in the central conflict; without this, nothing else happensnarrative hook/inciting incidentclimaxresolutionconflict30s
- Q4the events of the story that increase the tension; complications added to the central conflictdenouementrising actionexpositionfalling action30s
- Q5the high point of the story; the TURNING POINT of the story; the action SHIFTSdenouementresolutionclimaxnarrative hook30s
- Q6tension in the story decreases and things begin to settle downdenouementexpositionresolutionfalling action30s
- Q7central conflict has been solvednarrative hookdenouementfalling actionresolution30s
- Q8working out the final details of the story; wrapping it all uprising actionfalling actiondenouementresolution30s
- Q9time and place of a story; it sets the moodpoint of viewplottonesetting30s
- Q10the point; the lesson; the moral; the purpose of a storythemesettingpoint of viewforeshadowing30s
- Q11the problem or struggle going on in the storymessagepoint of viewconflicttheme30s
- Q12this type of struggle is within a characterexternal conflictinternal conflictman vs man conflictman vs society conflict30s
- Q13this type of struggle is between a character and someone/something else in the storyinternal conflicttoneexternal conflictman vs self30s
- Q14the people in the storyauthorsnarratorsteacherscharacters30s
- Q15how the story's characters are developed by the writerflashbacktoneforeshadowingcharacterization30s