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Slide 1: Elements of a Short Story
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Slide 2: Definition of a Short Story
Tells about a single event or experience Fictional (not true) 500 to 15,000 words in length It has a beginning, middle, and end Creates an impression on the reader
Slide 3: Elements of a Short Story
Setting Characterization Plot Conflict Climax Resolution Theme Point of view
Slide 4: Short Story Vocabulary
• Setting:Tells the reader where and when the story takes place.
Slide 5: Short Story Vocabulary
• Characterization:
Creation of imaginary people who appear to be real to the reader. The writer gives information about the characters in the story.
Slide 6: Short Story Vocabulary
• Plot: A series of events through which the writer reveals what is happening, to whom, and why.
Slide 7: Short Story Vocabulary
• Conflict: Is a problem in the story that needs to be resolved.
Slide 8: Short Story Vocabulary
• Climax: When the action comes to its highest point of conflict.
Slide 9: Short Story Vocabulary
• Resolution: The story’s action after the climax until the end of the story. The “conclusion” of the story.
Slide 10: Short Story Vocabulary
• Theme: The story’s main ideas. The “message” the writer intends to communicate by telling the story.
Slide 11: Short Story Vocabulary
• Point of view: The position of the narrator of the story and what the writer sees from that vantage point.
Slide 12: Elements of a Short Story
Setting Characterization Plot Conflict Climax Resolution Theme Point of view
Slide 13: Great writers are able to use the elements of the short story with such precision that the reader is caught up in the action of the story. This is a mark of a good story and our goal as a writer.
