Story Parts
What part of the story introduces the setting, characters, and situation?
What is the exposition?
This is the central question or problem that troubles the author or main character.
What is the theme?
What do we call the main character of a story?
The protagonist
The Red-headed league meets in this unusual location?
What is an office (or building) rented for the league.
The central mystery of the The Red-Headed League turns out to be a distraction for this crime.
What is a bank robbery?
What do we call the series of events where tension and conflict increase?
What is rising action?
This is the lesson or conclusion reached by the author or characters at the end.
What is the moral?
This character narrates The Schoolboy’s Story and reflects on his childhood experiences.
Who is the schoolboy?
Much of That Spot takes place inside this part of a home, where the spot is repeatedly noticed.
What is a room or wall inside the house?
In That Spot, the conflict is mostly internal rather than external. This means it happens where?
What is in the mind of the narrator?
This is the turning point where it’s conflict reaches its highest intensity.
What is the climax?
This is where the story centers on one main conflict or moment and removes unnecessary details.
What is the focus?
This famous detective solves the strange mystery of the Red-headed league.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
This city serves as the backdrop for The Red-Headed League.
What is London?
Holmes solves the mystery by noticing Something unusual about this object.
What is the cellar (or basement/tunnel)?
What part of the story shows the consequences of the climax?
What is the falling action?
This is the main problem or struggle in a short story.
What is the conflict?
The character in the Red-Headed League pretends to work for the League but has a hidden criminal motive.
Who is John Clay?
In all three stories, the settings help reveal this deeper element of the characters.
What is their inner character or moral state?
A major theme of The Red-Headed League is that appearances can be this.
What is deceptive (deceiving)?
What is the final part of a story where loose ends are tied up?
What is the resolution?
What theme is explored when a character must admit wrongdoing?
What is guilt?
The Schoolboy’s Story primarily takes place in this type of situation.
What is a school?
In The Schoolboy’s Story, the main conflict involves this struggle.
What is obedience versus fear? Or authority versus conscience
Which story most clearly shows that a person cannot escape the consequences of ignored guilt?
What is That Spot?