Plot Diagram
Short Story Elements
Short Stories
Points of View
Other Definitions
100

A plot diagram has this many points.

What is five?

100

A short story has this many elements.

What is five?

100

General Zaroff is a main character of this short story.

What is "The Most Dangerous Game?"

100

This is the point of view where the narrator is referring to himself/herself.

What is first person point of view?

100

In a short story, the struggle of a plot is this.

What is conflict?

200

This is the high point of the story; the suspense builds up to this point.

What is the climax?

200

The lesson an author wants you to take away from the story is called this.

What is theme?

200

Who is the narrator of "The Scarlet Ibis?"

Who is Doodle's older brother?

200

Second person point of view is defined as this. 

What is when the reader is directly addressed?

200

The suspense is starting to build up towards the climax at this plot point.

What is the rising action?

300

This is the end of the plot diagram; loose ends are tied up, and the story comes to an end.

What is the resolution?

300

The setting has these three parts.

What are time, location, and weather?

300

What is the main theme of "On the Sidewalk Bleeding," and what action does Andy take to show this. 

Identity: People are more than the labels that society places on them. There is a danger of living life defined by those labels. ANDY takes off the jacket. 

300

These are the three types of third person point of view.

What are third person objective, third person omniscient, and third person limited?

300

The atmosphere created by a work of literature is this.

What is mood?

400

The exposition consists of these points.

What are the setting, the introduction of characters, and the introduction of the problem?

400

Characters can be _______ or can be ________.

What are humans/animals?

400

What is the main conflict in the text, "The Bet." 

Character vs. character: The comparison between capital punishment and life imprisonment 

400

In this point of view, the narrator describes the story without describing any character’s thoughts, opinions, or feelings.

What is third person objective point of view?
400

The definition of tone is this.

What is the attitude a writer takes towards a subject?

500

In order, these are the points of the plot diagram.

What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?

500

These are the elements to a short story.

What are plot, character, conflict, theme, and setting?

500

James Hurst wrote______. Evan Hunter wrote_______. Anton Chekhov wrote________ and Richard Connell wrote________. 

   

What is Scarlet Ibis, On the Sidewalk bleeding, The Bet and The Most Dangerous Game. 

500

In this point of view, the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters.

What is third person omniscient?

500

The following is an example of this point of view: 

"Jeremiah squinted from the sun. He was thinking about the game. They could have won. He could have won the game for them. All he needed to do was catch the ball, but he didn't. He dropped it. His coach talked to him. "Jeremiah, we had a great season. Nobody's perfect. Look at me. Ha ha," he said. Jeremiah smiled at the coach, but he couldn't forgive himself so easily."

What is third person limited?