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Short Story Unit

Short Story Unit. Elements of Fiction English I. Think . . . . . . . about a recent television show or movie you have seen. List the main events/details the best that you can recall. . What is a short story? .

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Short Story Unit

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  1. Short Story Unit Elements of Fiction English I

  2. Think . . . • . . . about a recent television show or movie you have seen. • List the main events/details the best that you can recall.

  3. What is a short story? • A work of fiction that centers on one idea; can usually be read in one sitting. • Can you think of any examples?

  4. Fiction • What is fiction? • Literature that is not true • Fantasy, not real • Imagination

  5. Elements of Fiction • There are several elements of fiction used to create a short story: • Character • Plot • Theme • Setting • Conflict • Symbolism • Irony • Point of View

  6. 1.Character • Character is the person or thing about whom the story is told. • Main character is the most important character. • Minor character is a person or thing who play a less important role in the story. • Dynamic character is a person who changes his or her thoughts and/or actions by the story’s end • Static character is a person who does not change his or her thoughts

  7. 2. Plot • Series of events in a story • The plot has 5 major parts: • Exposition (The start of a story.) • Rising Action (Series of conflict leading to the climax) • Climax (The turning point.) • Falling Action (Action following the climax.) • Resolution (Conclusion, ties all the loose ends.)

  8. 2. Plot Continued

  9. 3. Theme • The overall message that the writer presents. • The theme is a STATEMENT. • Example: Love conquers all difficult situations.

  10. 4. Setting • Setting is the time and place of the story. The setting provides all details to help you understand. • Example: The dark and stormy October night made the haunted castle seem even more frightening.

  11. 5.Conflict • Conflict is the struggle between opposing forces that is the basis of the plot of a story. • Conflict is basically the major problem that must be solved.

  12. 5. Conflict Continued • External conflict • Man vs. Man • Man vs. Society • Man vs. Nature • Internal conflict • Man vs. Self

  13. 6. Irony • The contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. • Can you think of any examples? • You stay up all night studying for a test. When you go to class, you discover the test is not until the next day.

  14. 7. Symbolism • A person, place or thing that stands for something beyond itself. • Example:a crown represents power • Can you think of any symbols?

  15. 8. Point of View • The perspective from which the story is told. • First person – told from MAIN CHARACTER’S perspective • Third person limited – the narrator only knows the thoughts/feelings of the MAIN CHARACTER • Third person omniscient (“all knowing”) – a narrator tells ABOUT everyone and provides details to the reader that the other characters do not know.

  16. 9. Allegory • A narrative that serves as an extended metaphor. • Written in the form of fables, poems, stories, and almost any other genre. • The purpose of an allegory is to tell a story that has characters, a setting, as well as other types of symbols, which have both literal and figurative meanings. • Example – “The Sneetches” by Dr. Seuss

  17. 10. Allusion • A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature. • Example: Lennie was as strong as Hercules.

  18. 11. Antagonist • A character in a story who deceives, frustrates, or works against the main character in some way. • Example: The Joker in the Batman movies.

  19. 12. Comedy • A literary work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and that usually contains a happy resolution of the thematic conflict. • Example – The show Family Guy or The Simpsons

  20. 13. Diction: • Word Choice • The quality of the sound of a speaker or singer.

  21. 14. Epiphany • An intuitive grasp of reality through something (like an event). • Usually simple and striking – an “a –ha” moment. • In literature, a revealing scene or moment.

  22. 15. Motif • A recurring object, concept, or structure in a work of literature. • A motif may also be two contrasting elements in a work, such as good and evil. • Example – Battle of good vs. evil in Harry Potter series

  23. 16. Parody • An imitation of a literary work of film or the style used by a writer or filmmaker in order to ridicule the work and its writer or producer. • Example – The Austin Powers movies are parodies of spy films.

  24. 17. Protagonist • The main character or lead figure in a novel, play, story, or poem. • Example – Harry in the Harry Potter movies.

  25. 18. Satire • A literary work that attacks or pokes fun at vices and imperfections. • It may make the reader laugh at or feel disgust for the person or thing being made fun of. • Example – The TV program Saturday Night Live often uses this to expose things.

  26. 19. Style • The way an author writes a literary work. • The techniques they are famous for. • Example – Dr. Seuss books usually rhyme.

  27. 20. Voice • The distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or of a character in a book.

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