Short story is a piece of prose fiction that can be read in one sitting. Emerging from earlier oral storytelling traditions in the 17th century, the short story has grown to encompass a body of work so diverse as to defy easy characterization. Short stories have no set length.

2. 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

3. Setting
Characterization
Plot
Conflict
Climax
Resolution
Theme
Point of view

4. Setting:
Tells the reader where
and when the story
takes place.

6. Characterization:
Creation of imaginary people who
appear to be real to the
reader. The writer gives
information about the
characters in the story. i.e
 PROTAGONIST
 ANTAGONIST

7. Film Protagonist Antagonist
Cinderella Cinderella
Lion King Scar
The Little
Mermaid
Ariel
Jack and the
Beanstalk
Giant

8. Film Protagonist Antagonist
Cinderella Cinderella Stepmother
Lion King Simba Scar
The Little
Mermaid
Ariel Ursula
Jack and the
Beanstalk
Jack Giant

9. Plot: A series of
events through
which the writer
reveals what is
happening, to
whom, and why.

10. Conflict:
Is a problem in the
story that needs
to be resolved.

11. Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature Man vs. Society
Man vs. HimselfMan vs. Machine

12. Climax:
MOST EXCITING PART
When the action comes
to its highest point of
conflict.

13. Resolution:
The story’s action after
the climax until the end
of the story. The
“conclusion” of the
story.

14. Theme: The
story’s main ideas.
The “message” the
writer intends to
communicate by
telling the story.

15. Point of view: The
position of the
narrator of the
story and what the
writer sees from
that vantage point.

16. Setting
Characterization
Plot
Conflict
Climax
Resolution
Theme
Point of view

17. 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.

18. • Use phrases like- * Once upon a time…‘,
* It happened so…‘, ‗Long long ago…..
• Introduction of characters- through dialogues or
narration.
• Plot- Description of an event/accident
• Climax- end of the story, Most interesting,
Unpredictable
Steps • Set the context
• Introduce characters
• Develop plot(s)
• Reach climax
• End the story