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Elements of a Short StoryMrs. Smith – English 9A
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What is a short story? Fiction Shorter than a novella and a novel Usually have…
a single setting, only a few main characters, a single plot, and attempt to resolve one conflict.
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What is Setting?
Setting: time and place of the story
WhereWhere??
When?When?
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What is a Character?
Character: A person, or any thing presented as a person, in a
literary work (animal, object, spirit, etc.).
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Types of Characters: Protagonist:Protagonist:
The main character The “hero” of the work
Antagonist:Antagonist: A character (or force) that
works against the protagonist of a story
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Types of Characters:
Round:Round: A major, fully-developed
character who changes and learns things as the story develops.
Flat:Flat: A minor character that does not
undergo major change or growth throughout the story.
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Types of Characterization Characterization:Characterization:
the method the writer uses to reveal the character to the reader.
Direct Characterization:Direct Characterization: This is when the author tells the reader what the
character is like. Indirect Characterization:Indirect Characterization:
This is when the author shows words, thoughts, and actions of the character and lets the reader determine what the character is like.
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What is Plot? The series of events that make up a story. Two main forms of organization:
Chronological: in order by time
Flashback: when the action shifts between past and present
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Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
The Parts of Plot
Conflict
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Exposition
The Parts of Plot Exposition: the beginning of the story that
introduces the setting, characters, and basic situation.
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The Parts of Plot Rising Action: begins with the main conflict and
helps build suspense up to the climax
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Climax
The Parts of Plot Climax: the point of greatest tension in the story. The “ah, ha”
moment when we find out how the problem will be solved.
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Falling Action
The Parts of Plot Falling Action: all of the events after the climax;
wraps up the loose ends of the story.
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Resolution
The Parts of Plot Resolution: how the story ends.
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The Parts of Plot
Conflict
Conflict: the problem that the characters face in the story. Begins with an inciting incident.
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Types of Conflict? Internal Conflict:
Takes place within a character man vs. self
External Conflict: man vs. man man vs. nature man vs. society
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Point of View 1st Person Point-of-View
The narrator is a character in the story Uses the words I, me, we, us, my…
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Point of View 3rd Person Limited
Told from a narrator outside of the story that is limited to one character’s view of the events.
3rd Person Omniscient a narrator outside the story who is “all-knowing”
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A few last things… Foreshadowing:
When the author provides hints about later events in the story
Theme: A central message about life that the story is
presenting Described in general terms, not in relation to
specific events or characters in the story