Assignment

Elements of a Short Story

 Setting:
The time and place in which it happens. Authors often use
descriptions of cities, land scape, scenery, buildings, seasons or
weather to provide a strong sense of setting.
 Characterization:
The means an author use to describe a character for the reader.
The brevity of a short story ensures that there will be few
characters.
 Plot:
This is the sequence of events that give you the “why” for the
things that happen in the story. The plot draws the readers into
the characters life and helps the reader understand the choices
that the characters make.
 Conflict:
This means any struggle between opposing forces. Usually the
main character struggles against some other forces. This type of
conflict is what drives each story. Without it, the story would have
no point or purpose.
 Climax:
Term used to refer to the part of the story where the tension or
action reaches its highest part. Sometimes the climax is a “crisis”
point in the plot. The climax is represented by the highest point
and the action of the story beings to fall from there until problems
are resolved.
 Resolution:
Part of the story plot where the main problem is resolved or
worked out.
 Theme:
This is the underlying message or “big idea” about the story.
 Point of view:
This refer to who is telling or narrating a story. A story can be
narrated in different ways; first, second or third person. The
writher uses the point of view to express personal emotions of
either themselves or their characters.

Reference:
 http://users.aber.ac.uk/jpm/ellsa/ellsa_elements.html
 http://studentweb.cortland.edu/Janna.Fiermonte/Final%20Projec
t/Elements.html