SHORT STORY ELEMENTS

Question 1

Setting

Answer 1

The time and location in which a story takes place is called the setting.

Question 2

Plot

Answer 2

The plot is how the author arranges events to develop their basic idea; It is the sequence of events in a story or play.

Question 3

There are five essential parts of plot:

Answer 3

Introduction
Rising Action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution

Question 4

Introduction (1)

Answer 4

The beginning of the story where the characters and the setting is revealed.

Question 5

Rising Action (2)

Answer 5

This is where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed (events between the introduction and climax).

Question 6

Climax (3)

Answer 6

This is the highest point of interest and the turning point of the story. The reader wonders what will happen next; will the conflict be resolved or not?

Question 7

Falling action (4)

Answer 7

The events and complications begin to resolve.

Question 8

Resolution (5)

Answer 8

This is the final outcome or untangling of events in the story.

Question 9

CONFLICT

Answer 9

Conflict is essential to plot. Without conflict there is no plot. It is the opposition of forces which ties one incident to another and makes the plot move.

Question 10

There are four kinds of conflict:

Answer 10

1) Person vs. Person (physical)
2) Person vs. nature (classical)
3) Person vs. Society (social)
4) Person vs. Self (psychological)

Question 11

Character

Answer 11

1) The person in a work of fiction.
2) The characteristics of a person.

Question 12

Protagonist

Answer 12

The PROTAGONIST develops as a result of his/her experiences within the narrative.

Question 13

SIMILE

Answer 13

A comparison between two unlike things using words such as: like, as, than. Example- Quiet as a mouse

Question 14

METAPHOR

Answer 14

An implied comparison between unlike things. I.e. I am a broken record.