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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.

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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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Examples

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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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