ELA Elements of a Short Story Review

It's review time! We have our ELA Mysteries PART ONE quiz this week. The quiz will cover the Elements of a Short Story. Check out below the Flocabulary "Five Things" video, the presentation slides, and the outline for the quiz. Enjoy!

Quiz Outline

Knowledge
Be able to explain:

• Plot
• Exposition
• Initial Incident
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action
• Resolution
• Fill in a plot diagram
• Character
• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Static
• Dynamic
• Conflict
• Character versus self
• Character versus character
• Character versus nature
• Character versus society
• Theme
• Setting
• Mood

In addition to being able to explain them, students should have an understanding of the stories that we have read in class, and have an idea of a few examples of different types of characters, or settings, based on the stories that we have read.

Application
Read a new short story, and use the plot diagram template to identify the different parts of the story.
Click here to see the plot diagram template. 

Flocabulary: Five Things

Elements of a Short Story Slides

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- Mr. Hyland