Short Story Structure

What is setting?(3 things)W.W.W
- *Where the story takes places? More then one
- *When the story takes place(year,time)
- *Weather(mood atmoshpere)
What are the 5 Elements of a short story

Characters

Plot

Conflict/problem

Atmosphere/mood

Theme
What is the main character also called?

Protagonist(mostly hero)
What is the "villian also called"

antagonist
what is another word for dull and full characters
- flat-boring
- round-exciting
what are the four kinds of problems
- * man vs. man
- * man vs. nature
- *nature vs. nature
- *man vs. himself
- *man vs machine?
what does the initial problem do?

the initial problem generates the rest of the actions
what are the two kinds of atmoshpere/ moods?
- * external(nature)
- *internal(people)
What is the theme

What the author is trying to say about people and the world

main idea of the story
How do we learn about characters?
- * Authors description
- *What they think
- *What they do
- *What others say/how they interact
- *What she says
Short story plot paragragh

1: Exposition

2. Conflict

3.Rising action

4.Climax

5.Falling action

6.Resolution
What is a simile?
- A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared
- (usually introduced by like or as)
- She is like a rose
Metaphor
- A comparison in which one thing is used to represent something else
- "That guy is a cold hearted snake"
Personification
- The act of attributing human traits qualities to inhaminate objects
- "My computer hates me"

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Short Story Structure

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english

Updated

2010-02-26T01:23:34Z

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