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Elements of a Short Story

Elements of a Short Story. Setting. Setting. Time Place Surrounding ideas, customs, values, and beliefs. Characters. Characters. Protagonist – main character Antagonist – in conflict with the main character Not always the “bad guy” Not all stories have an antagonist. Point of View.

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Elements of a Short Story

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  1. Elements of a Short Story

  2. Setting

  3. Setting • Time • Place • Surrounding ideas, customs, values, and beliefs

  4. Characters

  5. Characters • Protagonist – main character • Antagonist – in conflict with the main character • Not always the “bad guy” • Not all stories have an antagonist

  6. Point of View

  7. Point of View • Narrator – person telling the story • 1st person – narrator is a character in the story, uses “I” and “me” • 2nd person – narrator uses “you” in reference to self or reader • 3rd person – narrator is outside the story • 3rd person omniscient narrator – knows everything that goes on • 3rd person limited narrator – describes events as one of the characters sees them

  8. Theme

  9. Theme • Message of a story readers can apply to life • Stated themes – directly presented in a story • Implied themes – can be implied by the story but are not explicitly stated

  10. Plot

  11. Plot • Sequence of events in a story, a series of related events • Most plots deal with a conflict or problem between opposing forces • External conflict – between a character and outside forces (another character, nature, society, or fate) • Internal conflict – within a character who struggles with opposing feelings or indecision

  12. Parts of Plot • Exposition • Rising Action • Climax • Falling Action • Resolution

  13. Exposition • Introduces the story’s characters, setting, and conflict

  14. Rising Action • Develops the conflict with complications and twists

  15. Climax • Emotional high point of the story

  16. Falling Action • Shows what happens to the characters after the climax

  17. Resolution • Shows how the conflict is resolved or how the problem is solved

  18. Book or Movie • Setting • Characters • Point of view • Theme • Plot • Exposition • Rising action • Climax • Falling action • Resolution

  19. Homework: 10-sentence story • Write a 10-sentence story that includes all the elements of a short story. • Be sure to consciously include your setting, characters, point of view, theme, and plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution)

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