ELEMENTS OF A

SHORT STORY
 CHARACTER
A person, or sometimes an animal,
who takes part in the action of a
short story or other literary work.
TWO IDENTIFICATIONS OF
CHARACTERS
PROTAGONIST ANTAGONIST

THE HERO OF THE VILLAIN OF

THE STORY THE STORY
 SETTING

The time and place in

which the story happens.
 PLOT
A series of events
and character actions that
relate to the central
conflict.
 PLOT DIAGRAM
Reader’s point of
highest interest

CLIMAX
Leading up
to the Winds down the
climax tension

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How the
The story
story
concludes
begins
EXPOSITION RESOLUTION
 CONFLICT
Struggle between two
people or things.
1. Man VS. Man 3. Man Vs. Society

2. Man Vs. Nature 4. Man Vs. Himself

 THEME
THE CENTRAL IDEA OR
BELIEFS IN A SHORT STORY.
 LITERARY DEVICES
FLASHBACK- to show readers
what happened from the past

FORESHADOWING- foretell the

readers what will happen in
the future
 POINT OF VIEW
FIRST PERSON- it uses pronoun “I”
SECOND PERSON- it uses pronoun “YOU”
THIRD PERSON LIMITED- the narrator only knows
the thoughts and feelings of one character

 uses 'they', 'he', and 'she'.

THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT- the narrator knows the
thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the
story.
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