PPT-Elements of the Short Story

A story is only as strong as the voices telling it The only voice a story never needs is the authors Characters need to speak for themselves in their own distinct voices Particularly in a short story every word they speak needs to sounds like the speaker and move the story along. http://inktank.fi/10-greatest-short-story-writers-21st-century/. Elements of a Short Story. Character. Setting. Plot. Conflict. Theme. Narrative Point of View (Perspective). CHARACTER. Characters are the people, animals or imaginary creatures that are presented in a story. Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849). American writer during the time of Romanticism. Writer of American Gothic literature. Creator of the short story as a genre. Author of short stories, poems, and novels . The short story is short because of the following things:. …written and in the form of video.. Short, Short, Fiction. There is a genre of short story called “Flash Fiction”, or “micro-Fiction”. In the far east they are referred to as “Smoke Log Stories”. You may have heard these stories being called “Post Card Stories”.. The Plot Diagram. The plot diagram is a tool that is commonly used to place a story into the order in which it is presented.. The beginning of the plot diagram includes what is know as the exposition. In the exposition, or the introduction, the reader is introduced to characters in the story, the setting of the story, as well as the overall idea of the characters’ problems in the story.. Write . a description of what you remember about . kindergarten.. Find the short story,. “Charles” . by Shirley . Jackson. . Use the Table of Contents; . hint - Unit 1. INFERENCE. What clues were in our mind to make us ready to make the inference? . Story Elements . Review. Protagonist. : The story revolves around this character, and he or she is facing a conflict.. Antagonist. : The person or thing getting in the protagonist’s way of “winning” the conflict.. by: Altay, Shawn, Peter, and Justin. Pg. 211 “We had passed through walls of piled bones, with casks and puncheons intermingling, into the inmost recesses of the catacombs”. Pg. 212 “We passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and descending again, arrived at a deep crypt, in which the foulness of the air caused our flambeaux rather to glow than flame.”. PRETEST. Elements of Fiction. CHOOSE THE CORRECT . LITERARY TERM. FROM THE CHOICES PROVIDED.. 1. Which of the following is an element of . plot. ?. A. Symbolism. B. Setting. C. Conflict. D. Mood. 2. The . Work on article of the week!! . Literary Elements Chart: . Literary Elements: . How to Tell…. Battle Royal. Characterization: . -Direct. -Indirect. -------------------------. -Static. -Dynamic. Direct: “…great brother she had, how together, the guy was, a number one pal and comrade. A real soldier’s soldier, Rat says” (1).. La gamme de thé MORPHEE vise toute générations recherchant le sommeil paisible tant désiré et non procuré par tout types de médicaments. Essentiellement composé de feuille de morphine, ce thé vous assurera d’un rétablissement digne d’un voyage sur . Short Stories. Novel: contains story elements including protagonist, conflict, obstacles, resolution. Contains subplots and several central events. Short Story: 1,000 – 20,000 words. Contains story elements but plot is mostly building up to one central event; no subplots. Bell Work 4/1/19 What makes a good short story? What elements does a well written short story include? Write 5-6 sentences about your spring break! Announcements Book Response Poetry Quiz AZ Merit RPS update 1553303 English Prose. Aj Nareema Sangwiman, Ph.D. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University. Scope of unit. Literary terms and useful vocabulary. Definitions . and history of English and American . Setting. Plot. Conflict. Character . Point of View. Theme. E. lements . of a short story. Setting: . The . time and location in which a story takes place. is called the Setting. For some stories the setting is very important, while for others it is not. There are several aspects of a story.