short story elements.ppt

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SHORT STORY ELEMENTS

Group 1


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M!"# E$EME#%&

&etting – the time and location in which a storytakes place

'lot the se!uence o" e#ents in a story or play (onflict the opposition o" "orces which ties one

incident to another and makes the plot mo#e (haracter the person and his characteristics ina work o" "iction

%heme the central idea or $elie" %urning point)

a point at which a decisi#e chan%e takes place critical point& crisis'


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SETT(NG

The time and location in which a storytakes place is called the setting' )orsome stories the settin% is #ery

important* while "or others it is not'

There are se#eral aspects o" a story+s

settin% to consider when e,aminin% howsettin% contri$utes to a story' Some* orall* may $e present'


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!&'E(%& "# &E%%"#*

'lace -here is the story takin% place.

%ime -hen is the story takin% place.

+eather conditions (s it rainy*sunny/.

&ocial conditions -hat is the daily li"eo" the characters like.

Mood or atmosphere -hat "eelin% iscreated at the $e%innin% o" the story.


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The plot is how the author arran%es

e#ents to de#elop his $asic idea& it is the

se!uence o" e#ents' The plot is a

planned* lo%ical series o" e#ents ha#in%

a $e%innin%* middle and end' The short

story usually has one plot so it can $e

read in one sittin%'


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-ie essential parts of plot

"ntroduction the $e%innin% o" the story

where the characters and the settin% is

re#ealed

/ising !ction This is where the e#ents

in the story $ecome complicated and the

con"lict in the story is re#ealed

(limax This is the hi%hest point o"interest and the turnin% point o" the story'


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0lot cont'

-alling !ction The e#ents and

complications $e%in to resol#e

themsel#es' The reader knows what has

happened ne,t and i" the con"lict was

resol#ed or not

0enouement This is the "inal outcome

or untan%lin% o" e#ents in the story


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Plot

Plot is how the author arranges events to develophis/her basic idea. It is the sequence of events in astory or play. The plot is a planned, logical series ofevents having a beginning, middle and end.


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(t is the opposition o" "orces which ties

one incident to another and makes the

plot mo#e' (t is any "orm o" opposition

that "aces the main character'

-ithin a short story there may $e only

one central stru%%le* or one dominant

stru%%le with many minor ones'


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%here are two types of conflict

1' External a stru%%le with a "orce

outside one+s sel"

2' "nternal a stru%%le within one+s sel"&

a person must make some decision*

o#ercome pain* !uiet their temper* resist

un ur%e* etc'


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%here are four kinds of conflict

1' man s man 3physical4

2' man s circumstances 3classical4

5' man s society 3social4

6' man s himherself 3psycholo%ical4


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Types Of Conict…a deeper look

1.Character vs. Character(problem with another character)

3. Character vs. Society(problem with the laws or beliefs of a group)(character vs. community, society or culture)

2. Character vs. Nature

(problem with force of nature)

4. Character vs. Self (problem with deciding what to

do or think; inner conflict!)


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(3!/!(%E/

This includes the person in a work o" "iction

and the characteristics o" a person'

(n a work o" "iction* one "inds the protagonistand the antagonist' The prota%onist is the

central character with all ma7or e#ents ha#in%

some importance to him8her' The opposer o"

the main character is the anta%onist'


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The protagonist is the

“good guy”


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The antagonist is the

“bad guy” or force


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%he (haracteristics of a 'erson

(haracteriation is the in"ormation the

author %i#es the reader a$out the characters

themsel#es' These include

a' His8her physical appearance$' -hat he8she says* thinks* "eels and dreams

c' -hat he8she does or does not do

d' -hat others say a$out him8her and howothers react to him8her


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9haracter cont'

9haracters are

1. "ndiidual 3round* many sided and comple,4

2. 0eeloping 3dynamic* chan%in%45. &tatic 3stereotype* characteristics that ne#er

chan%e and are emphasi:ed4


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%3EME

The theme is the controllin% idea

or its central insi%ht' (t is the

author+s underlyin% meanin% ormain idea that he is tryin% to

con#ey' (t may $e the author+s

thou%hts a$out a topic or #iew o"human nature


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Theme cont'

The title o" the short story usually points to

what the writer is sayin% and he may use

#arious "i%ures o" speech to emphasi:e

his theme* such as

sym$ol* allusion* simile* metaphor*

hyper$ole or irony


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Theme cont'

Some simple e,amples o" common

themes "rom literature* T;* and "ilm are

< Lo#e is $lind

< =elie#e in yoursel"

< >on?t 7ud%e a $ook $y its co#er


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ey terms in

some common

LiteraryThemes

@m$ition Aealousy

=eauty Loneliness

=etrayal Lo#e

9oura%e Loyalty

>uty8honor 3"ilialpiety4

0erse#erance

)ear 0re7udice

)reedom Su""erin%

Happiness Truth

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