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Elements of a Short Story

Elements of a Short Story. OBJECTIVES. Identify elements of a short story Define elements of a short story Demonstrate mastery of short story elements. OVERVIEW. Short stories often contain structural and character elements that should be familiar to you.

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Elements of a Short Story

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  1. Elements of a Short Story

  2. OBJECTIVES • Identify elements of a short story • Define elements of a short story • Demonstrate mastery of short story elements

  3. OVERVIEW Short stories often contain structural and character elements that should be familiar to you. These elements can be used as guides to help you think about the actions, themes, and contexts of the story.

  4. Theme Setting Characters Point of view Characterization Plot - exposition statement - rising action - conflict - climax - falling action - resolution Elements of a Short Story

  5. THEME • The main idea of a literary work, usually expressed as a generalization. SETTING • The time and place in which a work of literature happens.

  6. CHARACTERS • The people (or actors) in the story. POINT OF VIEW • The story teller from whose point of view the story is being told, the narrator.

  7. CHARACTERIZATION The description of the personalities of the characters in the story and the way in which an author reveals their personalities.

  8. PLOT • The sequence or order of events in a story. The plot includes: • Exposition Statement - The part of the plot that tells how the story begins. • Rising Action - The action in the story leading up to the climax. • Conflict - Struggles or problems between opposing forces.

  9. More PLOT • Climax - The point of crisis in the plot. It may be the reader’s point of highest interest. • Falling action - The action in the story after the climax is revealed. • Resolution - The part of the plot that reveals the final outcome.

  10. PLOT DIAGRAM Climax Rising Action Conflict Falling Action Exposition Resolution

  11. CONCLUSION Now that we have identified and defined the elements of a short story, let us use the elements to analyze a familiar fairytale. You may use your notes from the PowerPoint presentation or consult the newsletter handout, “Analyzing a Short Story.”

  12. Bibliography Five Elements of a Story. Retrieved Jun. 19, 2003, http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-2277.html Dinneen, K. Elements of the Short Story. Retrieved Jun. 19, 2003, from Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute: http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1983/3/83.03.09.x.html Guevin, D. Short Story Elements. Retrieved Jun. 19, 2003,http://www.uvm.edu/~dguevin/Elements.html

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