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Short Stories
What you always wanted to know…and more!!
What exactly is a short
            story?
 Always FICTION (something feigned, invented, or
  imagined; a made-up story)
 Able to read in one sitting
 A GOOD short story presents enough lifelike
  qualities to help us better understand ourselves and
  our world.
 Short Stories present us with a world of the author’s
  imagination. The author has at least one important
  purpose in mind: to illustrate a truth, or
  generalization, about life.
What should I be thinking
 while reading a short
         story?
What happens? (PLOT)
When and Where does it happen?
 (SETTING)
Who does it? (CHARACTER)
What does it mean? (THEME)
What exactly do those
        words mean?
 PLOT: Arrangement of action. The author must
  select facts and place them in an interesting order.
 SETTING: The time and place of the action.
 CHARACTERIZATION: How the author presents
  the character
   Direct- A summary of character’s traits and
    characteristics
   Indirect- Through a character’s dialogue and action
 THEME: The whole story, including the atmosphere
  or feeling, makes up the theme. The whole story is
  an image.
Plot Development Chart




                   hook   conclusion
               ↵
introduction              denouement
What do these have to do
    with a short story?
 Exposition: Introduction to the character, setting,
  situation, and background of story
 Narrative Hook: Introduction of the story’s conflict
 Rising Action: Begins with the narrative hook, catches
  attention and adds to the conflict
 Climax: Highest point of emotional involvement, the
  conflict peaks
 Falling Action: Events stemming from the results of the
  climax
 Resolution: The final outcome or conclusion of conflict
Conflict

 Man vs. Man: Man in conflict against another character

 Man vs. Himself: Man in conflict with himself (inner
  turmoil)

 Man vs. Nature: Man in conflict with an aspect of nature
  (blizzard, bear)

 Man vs. Society: Man in conflict with a group of people
  or society beliefs

 Man vs. Fate: Man in conflict with that which he cannot
  change
Symbolism

 An object, action or person that represents
 something abstract.
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Short story notes

  • 1. Short Stories What you always wanted to know…and more!!
  • 2. What exactly is a short story?  Always FICTION (something feigned, invented, or imagined; a made-up story)  Able to read in one sitting  A GOOD short story presents enough lifelike qualities to help us better understand ourselves and our world.  Short Stories present us with a world of the author’s imagination. The author has at least one important purpose in mind: to illustrate a truth, or generalization, about life.
  • 3. What should I be thinking while reading a short story? What happens? (PLOT) When and Where does it happen? (SETTING) Who does it? (CHARACTER) What does it mean? (THEME)
  • 4. What exactly do those words mean?  PLOT: Arrangement of action. The author must select facts and place them in an interesting order.  SETTING: The time and place of the action.  CHARACTERIZATION: How the author presents the character  Direct- A summary of character’s traits and characteristics  Indirect- Through a character’s dialogue and action  THEME: The whole story, including the atmosphere or feeling, makes up the theme. The whole story is an image.
  • 5. Plot Development Chart hook conclusion ↵ introduction denouement
  • 6. What do these have to do with a short story?  Exposition: Introduction to the character, setting, situation, and background of story  Narrative Hook: Introduction of the story’s conflict  Rising Action: Begins with the narrative hook, catches attention and adds to the conflict  Climax: Highest point of emotional involvement, the conflict peaks  Falling Action: Events stemming from the results of the climax  Resolution: The final outcome or conclusion of conflict
  • 7. Conflict  Man vs. Man: Man in conflict against another character  Man vs. Himself: Man in conflict with himself (inner turmoil)  Man vs. Nature: Man in conflict with an aspect of nature (blizzard, bear)  Man vs. Society: Man in conflict with a group of people or society beliefs  Man vs. Fate: Man in conflict with that which he cannot change
  • 8. Symbolism  An object, action or person that represents something abstract.