Short Stories

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Short Stories

• Dont let them scare you!

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Part 1

• Elements
• of
• Short
• Stories

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Elements
Plot

• A EXPOSITION
• B INITIAL INCIDENT
• C RISING ACTION
• D CLIMAX
• E FALLING ACTION
• F DENOUEMENT

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Plot

• A EXPOSITION Background on characters,
  situation, and setting
• B INITIAL INCIDENT sparks the action
• C RISING ACTION events that intensify the
  conflict
• D CLIMAX highest point of the story tension
• E FALLING ACTION events following the climax
• F DENOUEMENT resolution remaining issues
  resolved conclusion, insights revealed by the
  narrator

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Elements

• Setting
• Where
• When
• Note
• If you cant identify a definite setting,
• the author wanted it to apply
• to all people in all cultures.

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Elements

• Characters
• Major/Minor
• Round/Flat
• Static/Dynamic

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Characters

• Major most important to plot
• Minor add extra interest
• Round shows many different traits
• Flat shows only one trait
• Static does not change
• Dynamic changes during the story

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Elements

• Dialogue
• Conversations among characters
• Note
• Dialect a form of language spoken by people in a
  particular region or group
• Idiomatic expressions means something different
  from the actual words

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Elements

• Point of View
• First person
• (narrator is a character in the story)
• Third person
• (narrator is not a character in the story)

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Elements

• Theme
• Underlying meaning
• or message of the story