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Elements of A Short Story

This document defines and explains the key elements of a short story and plot structure. It identifies the main elements as theme, setting, characters, point of view, characterization, and plot. It then proceeds to define each element in detail. For plot, it specifically outlines the typical plot points of exposition, rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution. It concludes by suggesting using these elements to analyze a familiar fairytale.

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Elements of A Short Story

This document defines and explains the key elements of a short story and plot structure. It identifies the main elements as theme, setting, characters, point of view, characterization, and plot. It then proceeds to define each element in detail. For plot, it specifically outlines the typical plot points of exposition, rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution. It concludes by suggesting using these elements to analyze a familiar fairytale.

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Elements

Elements of
of a
a
Short
Short Story
Story
and
and a
a Plot
Plot
• Theme • Plot
• Setting - exposition statement
- rising action
• Characters
- conflict
• Point of view - climax
• Characterizatio - falling action
n - resolution
THEME
• The main idea of a literary work,
usually expressed as a generalization.

SETTING
•The time and place in
which a work of literature
happens.
CHARACTERS
• The people (or actors) in the
story.
POINT OF
VIEW
• The story teller from
whose point of view the
story is being told, the
narrator.
CHARACTERIZATION
The description of
the personalities of
the characters in the
story and the way in
which an author
reveals their
personalities.
PLOT
• The sequence or order of events in a
story. The plot includes:

- Exposition Statement - The part of the


plot that tells how the story begins.

- Rising Action - The action in the story


leading up to the climax.

- Conflict - Struggles or problems


between opposing forces.
More PLOT
- Climax - The point of crisis in the plot.
It may be the reader’s point of highest
interest.

- Falling action - The action in the story


after the climax is revealed.

- Resolution - The part of the plot that


reveals the final outcome.
PLOT DIAGRAM

Climax

Fa
llin
ti o g
Ac sin
n

Conflict

Acg
Ri

t ion
Resolution
Exposition
CONCLUSION
Now that we have
identified and defined
the elements of a
short story, let us use
the elements to
analyze a familiar
fairytale. You may
use your notes from
the PowerPoint
presentation or
consult the
newsletter handout,
“Analyzing a Short
Story.”
Bibliograp
Bibliograp
hy
hy
Dinneen, K. Elements of the Short Story. Retrieved Jun.
19, 2003, from Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute:
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1983/3/83.03.09.x.html

Five Elements of a Story. Retrieved Jun. 19, 2003,


http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-
2277.html
Guevin, D. Short Story Elements. Retrieved Jun. 19,
2003,
http://www.uvm.edu/~dguevin/Elements.html

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