Elements of a

Short Story
1. Character- is the mental, emotional, and
social qualities to distinguish one entity
from another (people, animals, spirits,
automatons, pieces of furniture, and other
animated objects).
2. Plot- is the
order in
which things
move and
happen in the
story.
3. Setting-includes time and place.
4. Theme- is the main idea that weaves the
story together, the why, the underlying ideas of
what happens in the
piece of literature, often
a statement about
society or human nature.
 5. Point of view- is
determined by the
authors' descriptions
of characters,
setting, and events
told to the reader
throughout the
story.
6. Style- is how the author says
something, the choice of words and the
use of language, sentence construction,
imagery... not what the author says. It
adds significance and impact to the
author's writing.
7. Tone- tells us the
author feels about his
or her subject. Words
express the writer's
attitude toward his or
her work, subject, and
readers
Mythology- (from the Greek mythos for
story-of-the-people, and logos for word or
speech, so the spoken story of a people) is the
study and interpretation of often sacred tales
or fables of a culture known as myths or the
collection of such stories which deal with
various aspects of the human condition: good
and evil.
 Greek
Mythology