the basic elements of a short story 072913
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A short story is a story that has a fully developed theme but is shorter and not as elaborate as a novel. It is brief yet concise. A short story focuses on a self-contained incident that evokes one single mood. However, a short story does not have a exact set length. There is no official number of words for a story to be considered a short one or a novel.TRANSCRIPT
The Basic Elements of a
Short Story
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What is a short story?
Story that has a fully-developed theme
Short yet concise No exact lengh; no
official number of words to be a “short story”
Has five basic elements
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What are the five basic elements?
CharacterSettingPlotConflictTheme
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Character
Can either be a person, an animal or anything that takes part in the story
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Setting
Where and when a story happens.
Can be told by describing buildings, scenery, season, weather, etc.
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Plot
Series of events where character’s actions relate to the conflict
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Conflict
Struggle between two people , things or characters in a story.
Main character is often one-sided.
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Theme
Central idea of the story
What the story aims to teach or what the author believes in
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Remember…
A story will not be a story without these elements.
These elements should always be present.
It will not be a story without these five elements.
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