Learning to recognize the elements of a short story is a valuable skill for secondary students. It will help them appreciate the stories they read and give them an example of the elements to include if they write a story of their own.

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Your students will read The Landlord's Trunk, an original 11-page short story written by Charlene Tess and then answer 10 questions about the following short story elements:

• setting
• character development
• theme
• character motivation
• diction and dialogue
• external conflict
• internal conflict
• protagonist
• antagonist
• climax

The story is about a young woman who gives up her own chance at happiness to take care of her father but learns much later that her father is a hypocrite who has never had her best interests at heart. The answers to the study questions are provided.

The Landlord's Trunk

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