Plot
Characters
Short Story Specifics
Conflict
Literary Elements
100

What is the Climax?

When Nagaina threatened Teddy and his family at the veranda while rikki destroyed her eggs.

100

Who is the protagonist?

Rikki

100

What is conflict?

The problem in a story.

100

What is setting?

The place and time the story takes place.

200

What two things does the exposition include?

Characters and setting.

200

Who is the antagonist?

Nag and Nagaina.

200
What is the genre?

Fiction.

200

What is an example of a Man vs. Man conflict in the story?

Rikki vs. Nag, Rikki vs. Nagaina, Rikki vs. Karait, etc.

200

What does protagonist mean?

The "good guy" or the main character.

300

Name one thing from the rising action.

Rikki fighting Karait, Rikki fighting Nag, Darzee's baby getting eaten, etc.

300

What is the name of the muskrat?

Chuchundra.

300

What point of view is the story written in?

3rd person limited.

300

What is an example of a Man vs. Nature conflict in the story?

Rikki vs. The flood.

300

What is personification?

When a non-human thing such as an animal or an object is given human characteristics.

400

Name one thing from the falling action.

Rikki chasing Nagaina, Rikki falling into the snake hole, etc.

400

Which charcter changes their mind about Rikki throughout the story?

Teddy's mom.

400

How many pages is the story?

17.

400

What is an exaple of a Man vs. Self conflict in the story?

Rikki vs. His doubt that he can beat the snakes, Nagaina vs. her grief for Nag, etc.

400

What does theme mean?

The main subject that is being discussed or described in a piece of writing.

500

What happens in the resolution?

The conflict gets resolved and it wraps up the story.

500

What kind of bird is Darzee?

a tailorbird.

500

Who is the author of the story?

Rudyard Kipling?

500

What is an example of a Man vs. Society conflict in the story?

Rikki vs. The Snakes, etc.

500

What does "the moral" of the story mean?

The lesson the story teaches.