Elements of the Short Story

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Elements of the Short Story
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Setting

• Setting is the time and place of the storys
  action. Setting includes ideas, customs, values,
  and beliefs

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• Finding Nemo

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Characters

• Characters are the actors in a storys plot.
  They can be people, animals, or whatever the
  writer chooses.
• The Protagonist is the main character.
• The Antagonist is in conflict with the main
  character.

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• The Dark Night

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Plot

• Plot is the sequence of events in a story. Each
  event causes or leads to the next. Plot is often
  created through conflict, a struggle between
  opposing forces.
• An External Conflict is one between a character
  and an outside force, such as another character,
  nature, society, or fate.
• An Internal Conflict takes place within the mind
  of a character who is torn between opposing
  feelings or between different courses of action.

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Pirates of the Caribbean
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Point of View

• Point of view refers to the relationship of the
  narrator, or storyteller, to the story.
• In First person point of view, the narrator is a
  character in the story, referred to as I.
• In Third person limited point of view, the
  narrator reveals the thoughts of only one
  character, referring to that character as he or
  she.
• In Third person omniscient point of view, the
  narrator knows everything about the storys
  events and reveals the thoughts of all the
  characters.

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Remember the Titans
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Theme

• Theme is the central idea or message of a story,
  often a perception about life or human nature.
• Stated themes are directly presented in a story.
• Implied themes must be inferred by considering
  all the elements of a story and asking what
  message about life is conveyed

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Shrek
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Conflict

• Types of Conflict
• Man v. Man
• Man v. Society
• Man v. Nature
• Man v. Fate
• Man v. Self

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Conflicts How they are addressed and resolved

• Everybody wins
• Flight/run away/avoid
• Fight/resist
• Death
• Compromise
• Someone wins someone loses
• Acceptance
• Unresolved

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Most Plots Develop in Five Stages

• 1. Exposition introduces the storys characters,
  setting, and conflict.
• 2. Rising Action occurs as complications,
  twists, or intensifications of the conflict
  occur.
• 3. Climax is the emotional high-point of the
  story.
• 4. Falling Action is the logical result of the
  climax.
• 5. Resolution presents the final outcome of the
  story.

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Plot Sequence of events
Climax

Rising Action
Falling Action
Resolution
Exposition