This assessment is designed to test a student's ability to identify and analyze elements of a short story. This assessment covers the following short story elements: theme, setting, conflict, summarizing, Freytag's plot pyramid, point of view, tenses, tone, and mood. THIS ASSESSMENT CAN BE USED WITH ANY SHORT STORY, and is set up as a "menu" where students must choose one option from each "course." The options available to students are creative in nature. This assessment is designed to be given