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Identifying Elements in a Short Story

Once you have studied the definitions of elements that can be found in a short story, see if you can give the name for elements from short stories.

Mrs. Babb

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A	B
Sanger Rainsford, Ivan, General Zaroff	characters
Ship-Trap Island in the summer	setting
Boy meets girl; boy and girl fall in love; boy and girl get married	plot
Don't judge a person by outward appearance.	theme
Miss Lottie's garden of marigolds	symbol
"Ma'am, cattle's money, and money's bread. Not jus' steak, but bread, livin.'"	dialect
She grieved incessantly, feeling that she had been born for all the little niceties and luxuries of living.	characterization
Lizabeth destroyed the garden	climax
Fortunato wore a jester costume, but his evening is filled with terror	irony
Rainsford crouched in the tree holding his breath while Zaroff stopped, stood under the tree, and smoked a cigarette.	suspense