The short story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” first appeared in Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book collection. Critics heralded the story for its cunning mix of fact and fiction. Kipling’s unique blend of scientific and historic fact is one of the main reasons he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907.
For this lesson you'll be writing a summary of "Rikki-tikki-tavi." As you've learned in this lesson, there are four important story elements that should always be included when writing a summary. See if you can put the elements in the order in which they typically appear in literature. Drag the plot element on the left to the correct order on the right. Each plot element has only one match.
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climax
exposition
resolution
rising action
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description of characters and setting
events and conflicts
crucial moment
lives returning to normal
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