The Elements of a Short Story

Title of Story: ______________________________

Author: ___________________________________

Main Characters: (Antagonist/protagonist, round/flat/dynamic/static

Explain who they are, what they do, what they
characters)

want, etc.

Setting: (Where? When? Does the setting effect what is happening?)

Plot (The most important events of the story)

Conflict:(Explain each type in at least three sentences)
Man vs ______ Man vs ______ Man vs ______

Climax: (Crisis or big event) explain how it effects or

changes the story and the destiny of the characters)

Resolution(the ending can be happy or tragic)

Theme: The message or moral/what the story teaches us