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What are the elements of a short story S,P,P,T,C,C
- Setting ( time place, general enviroment, mood and tone)
- Plot (what happenes)
- Point of veiw ( who tells the story)
- Theme (main idea/moral)
- Characterization (method used to develop characters)
- Conflicts (problems)
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What are the requirements of the charachters
- must be beliveble /stereotypical
- Protagonist - has a goal to reach (main character)
- Antagonist - Bad guy, keeps protagonists from reatching goal
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Stages of a Plot Diagram
- Exposition - setting and charchters established
- Raising Action - Basic problem stated
- Climax - Point of highest tension (turning point)
- Falling Action - how the problem is solved
- Demonument - Ties up loose ends
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Charchterization
- Direct - Author tells readers what a certain character ins like
- Indirect - auther ggives away information for the reader to figure out what the charachter is like
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how is Indirect Characterization acheved
- Apperance
- Dialouge ( what the say)
- Thoughts ( in general and towards othe characters)
- How animals react to the charachter
- Their Actions
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Charchter types
- Round Characters - many different fully developed traits
- Flat - one dimensional
- Dynamic- grows and matures
- Static - Stays the same
- Foil - contrasts another charachter
- Stock/steoype - represtents a fixed idea
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Irony
- Verbal- says oppsite of what is meant
- Dramatic - reader has more insight to the situation than the charachters.
- Situational - situation turns out differently than expected
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Point of veiws
- First person - character tell their own story ( I )
- Third person - narrator tels the story
- Third person limited - knows only one or few peopes thoughts
- Third person omnicient - knows evryones feelings and thoughts
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Conflicts
- Man vs. Man
- Man vs. Himself
- Man vs. Nature
- Man vs. Society
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What sets tone
- Authors style
- Choice of details
- Action
- Ex. romantic, light, sympathetic
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What is makes a Short Story
- under 10,000 words
- can be read in one sitting
- every detail is important
- Six characters or less
- Leaves reader with a leesson or theme
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Origin of Short Story
- USA
- mid 19th centry
- Edgar allen poe (father)
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