L2: Short Story

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  • SHORT STORY
    • Similar to your dish. It needs the best ingredients for you to enjoy its delectable taste.
  • BASIC ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY:
    1. Character
    2. Setting
    3. Plot
    4. Conflict
    5. Theme
    6. Point of View
  • Character
    • is a person, in some stories an animal, who takes part in the action of the story or other literary work.
  • Two most important characters:
    1. Protagonist
    2. Antagonist
  • Protagonist
    • The hero of the story.
    • “The good guy”
  • Antagonist
    • The villain in the story who is always opposing the protagonist.
  • Methods of Characterization:
    1. Direct
    2. Indirect
  • Direct
    • The narrator’s direct comment about a character.
  • Indirect
    • Physical appearance, thoughts and actions of the character.
  • Settings
    • Tells the reader where and when the story takes place.
  • Settings
    Details can be described:
    • Time of day
    • Time of year
    • Time in history
    • Scenery
    • Weather
    • Location
    • Five Senses
  • Plot
    • the actual story.
    • It is what the story is all about.
  • Plot
    1. Exposition
    2. Rising Action
    3. Climax
    4. Falling Action
    5. Resolution
  • Exposition
    • the start of the story, before the action starts or in action
  • Rising Action
    • the series of events and conflicts in the story that lead to the climax
  • Climax
    • the turning point, the most intense moment
  • Falling Action
    • all of the action which follows the climax
  • Resolution
    • the conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads
  • Techniques in Plot
    • Surprise Ending
    • Foreshadowing
  • Surprise Ending
    • conclusion that reader does not expect.
  • Foreshadowing
    • hint about what will happen next.
  • Conflict
    • Every story needs to have a problem and this problem is called conflict.
  • Four different types of conflict:
    • Man versus man
    • Man versus nature
    • Man versus himself
    • Man versus society
  • Theme
    • This is the central idea in a short story and a general truth
  • Point of View
    1. First Person
    2. Second Person
    3. Omniscient Third Person