This document outlines the key elements and distinguishing features of short stories. It identifies the main elements as setting, characters, plot, conflict, and theme. It describes plot as a series of events involving characters and their actions to resolve a central conflict. A plot involves five elements: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Distinguishing features of short stories are their brevity, single focus on developing characters or plot, few characters with brief introductions, unexpected twists, and leaving the ending to the reader's imagination.
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A. Correcting Perceptual and Decoding Deficits in Word Recognition
B. Definition of Terms
- alphabetic knowledge
- sight-word knowledge
- basic sight words
- knowledge on sound-symbol correspondence
This is a slideshow that can be used to teach children how to write narratives. It goes though the structure of a narrative and has some ideas for publishing at the end.
5 Important Elements of a Short Story
The 5 key elements that make up a short story are:
Characters
Setting
Conflict
Theme
Plot
Character
A character is a person, or sometimes an animal, who takes part in the action of a short story or other literary work.
Characters and how we get to know them:
Through the author’s physical description of them
Through their actions
Through their words (dialogue)
Through their inner thoughts
Through what other characters say and think about them
Setting
Setting is the time and place that a story occurs.
Authors often use descriptions of landscape, scenery, buildings, seasons or weather to provide a strong sense of setting.
Theme
Theme is the meaning behind events and characters’ actions in a story.
The theme is the central idea, message, or purpose in a short story.
A theme can be expressed as a general statement about people or life.
It is NOT plot summary.
It can be either directly or indirectly stated by the author. Most likely indirectly.
Conflict
Conflict is any of the problems that a character encounters in a story.
The conflict is a struggle between two people or things in a short story.
The main character is on one side of the main conflict.
Conflicts can be:
1. External – conflict with others and with nature
2. Internal – conflict within themselves
The main character may struggle:
against another important character
against the forces of nature
against society
against something inside himself or herself (feelings, emotions, illness).
Plot
Plot is a pattern of events that develop from the interactions between characters.
A plot is a series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict.
There are 5 elements of plot:
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Conclusion
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2. SHORT STORY
it is a short work of fiction.
Fictionis prose writing
about imagined events and
characters.
3. ELEMENTS OF SHORT STORIES
1.Setting
is the time and place in
which the short story
happens.
4. ELEMENTS OF SHORT STORIES
2. Characters
it is a person (can also be
an animal) who takes part in
the action of a short story.
5. ELEMENTS OF SHORT STORIES
3. Plot
it is series of events and
character actions that relate
to the central conflict.
6. FIVE MAIN ELEMENTS IN A PLOT
a. Exposition
this is the beginning of the story.The characters and setting are
established and the conflict or main problem is introduced.
b. Rising action
it occurs when series of events builds up to the conflict.
Excitement, tension, or crisis is encountered here.
c. Climax
it is the main point of the plot.There is a turning point of the
story, which is meant to be the moment of the highest interest
and emotion.
7. FIVE MAIN ELEMENTS IN A PLOT
d. Falling action
it occurs when events and complications begin to resolve.
The result of the actions of the main characters are put
forward.
e. Resolution
it is the end of the story, which may occur with either
happy or a tragic ending. It is also known as conclusion.
8. ELEMENTS OF SHORT STORIES
4. Conflict
it is the struggle
between two persons or
things in a short story.
9. ELEMENTS OF SHORT STORIES
5.Theme
it is the central idea
or belief in a short
story.
10. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF SHORT
STORIES
1. Short stories are, of course, short and can usually be read at a single
sitting.
2. A short story has a single focus, either on developing characters or
complex plot including interesting subplots, or on elaborating the
setting or atmosphere.
3. Characters are few and introduction for each one is done briefly just to
explain his or her presence in the story.
4. In short story, there is often a surprise ending or unexpected twist at the
end.
5. Short stories usually end at or soon after the climax and will often leave
much to the reader’s imagination.
