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SHORT STORY ELEMENTS

SHORT STORY ELEMENTS. The time and place in which the events of the story take place. SETTING. People, animals, or natural forces represented as persons in a work of literature. CHARACTERS. Static - a character that stays the same throughout the story.

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SHORT STORY ELEMENTS

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  1. SHORT STORY ELEMENTS

  2. The time and place in which the events of the story take place. SETTING

  3. People, animals, or natural forces represented as persons in a work of literature CHARACTERS

  4. Static - a character that stays the same throughout the story. • Dynamic - a character that undergoes changes in personality or attitude. • Flat - a character that has only one dimension or "side." Sometimes they are a stereotyped person. • Round - a character that has many sides to his/her personality. Types of Characters

  5. The sequence of related events that make up a story PLOT STRUCTURE

  6. EXPOSITION background information presented; characters are introduced; the setting is established

  7. RISING ACTION events leading up to the turning point. The problem develops and intensifies

  8. CLIMAX the moment at which the plot reaches its point of greatest emotional intensity; it is also the turning point

  9. FALLING ACTION the tension decrease, and the plot moves toward the conclusion

  10. RESOLUTION how the author ends the story; it records the outcome of the conflict and ties any loose ends in the story

  11. CLIMAX FALLING ACTION RISING ACTION RESOLUTION EXPOSITION Conflict PLOT STRUCTURE

  12. Man vs. manexternal struggle between two or more individuals • Man vs. himselfinternal struggle concerning emotion and decision • Man vs. nature external struggle between man and an element of nature CONFLICT struggle between opposing forces that sets the plot in motion; it engages the reader, builds suspense or mystery

  13. POINT OF VIEW the vantage point from which a story is told OMNISCIENT (Third Person) the teller of the story can take us into the minds of all the characters THIRDPERSON Outside narrator (the writer) tells the story usually from the main character’s point of view; narrator is not involved in the story FIRST PERSON an "I" tells the story. Our perception of other characters comes from this person's view-narrator is in the story

  14. THEME - the central idea, message, or even moral found in a story FORESHADOWING - Hints or clues of the things to come in the story

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