6th grade Language Arts

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6th grade Language Arts
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Elements of a Short Story

• Plot
• Theme
• Setting
• Character
• Point of View
• Conflict

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Plot How Stories Happen

• What is plot?
• The structure
• of a story what happens

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Parts of Plot
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
Exposition
Resolution
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What is Exposition?

• Beginning of story
• Introduces characters, setting, and tone

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What is Rising Action?

• Plot becomes increasingly complicated
• Various problems arise

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What is Climax?
The high point of a story
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What is Falling Action?

• Action following the climax
• Leads to the end

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What is Resolution?

• Problems are solved
• Action comes to an end

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What is the high point of action in a story?

• A. Exposition
• B. Resolution
• C. Climax
• D. Falling action

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Correct!
Great job! You know what climax is!
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What is Theme?

• Message about life what the main character
  learns
• What the work is about

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What is Setting?

• Place
• Time

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What is Setting?

• Place
• Time

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The setting answers the question, What is the
work about?

• True
• False

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Correct!
Great job! You know what setting is!
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What is a Character?

• A person or animal in a story

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Character

• Main character
• Hero of the story

What is a protagonist? Back to Review
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Character

• Main character
• Hero of the story

What is a protagonist?
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Character

• Opposes protagonist
• Bad guy

What is an antagonist?
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Who is the hero or central character of a story?

• A. Protagonist
• B. Climax
• C. Exposition
• D. Antagonist

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Correct!
Great job! You know what a protagonist is!
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What is Point of View?

• Perspective from which
• the story is told

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Point of View

• Who is
• telling the
• story?

• First-person
• Third-person
• Third-person limited
• Third-person omniscient

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Point of View

• Who is
• telling the
• story?

• First-person
• Third-person
• Third-person limited
• Third-person omniscient
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What is Conflict?
A struggle between opposing forces in a story
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What is Conflict?

• Person against person
• Person against self
• Person against society
• Person against nature

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Which is a Point of View?

• A. Third person
• B. Exposition
• C. Person against self
• D. Setting

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Correct!

• Great job!
• You know what
• Point of View is!

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Congratulations!

• You know the Elements of a Short Story!!!

Plot Theme Setting Character Point of
View Conflict