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The document outlines the five key elements of a short story: 1) Plot, 2) Character, 3) Setting, 4) Atmosphere, and 5) Style. It provides details on the components that make up each element, such as the stages of a plot or types of characters. Characteristics like point of view, diction, and literary devices contribute to an author's unique style. Together, these elements comprise the fundamental structure and presentation of a short story.

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The Five Elements of A Short Story 2p

The document outlines the five key elements of a short story: 1) Plot, 2) Character, 3) Setting, 4) Atmosphere, and 5) Style. It provides details on the components that make up each element, such as the stages of a plot or types of characters. Characteristics like point of view, diction, and literary devices contribute to an author's unique style. Together, these elements comprise the fundamental structure and presentation of a short story.

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The Five Elements of a Short Story

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Characteristics of Each Element:

I. Plot: The arrangement of incidents or events in a story.

o Exposition:

o Crisis:

o Rising Action:

o Climax:

o Falling Action:

o Resolution/De nouement:
o Conflict
Internal
man versus himself
External
man versus man
man versus nature
man versus society

II. Character: The plot can only exist with character(s). The main character
is placed in a situation that contains a problem he/she must overcome:
therefore, conflict exists.

When examining character, we must always look at his motivation. What


makes him behave this way?

o Flat Character:

o Round Character:

o Stereotyped Character:

o Foil Character:

o Protagonist:

o Antagonist:
We learn about a character by examining 5 areas:

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

III. Setting: The physical background of the story; where and when the story
takes place.

IV. Atmosphere: The atmosphere is the mood or tone of the story.


Atmosphere is usually established at the beginning of the story. It takes
in characters, clothing, furniture, natural surroundings, light, darkness,
shadows, weather.

V. Style: The ways the author expresses himself and conveys his ideas and
central purpose. Style is very personal - no two writing styles are alike.
In order to determine a writer's style, we must look at thing like,
diction, sentence structure, literary devices and point-of-view.
I. Point of View: The vantage point from which the author presents
the action of the story. It is the person telling the story: the
narrator.
There are different types of narration:

o Third person narration:

o First person narration:

o Omniscient narration:

Point of View Chart

FIRST or THIRD?

FIRST (I, me, we, us) THIRD (he, she, they)

FIRST PERSON NARRATION Do you know what all of the characters


are thinking?

No Yes
THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT

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