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1、Elements of a Short StoryDefinition of a Short StoryTells about a single event or experience Fictional (not true)500 to 15,000 words in lengthIt has a beginning, middle, and endCreates an impression on the readerElements of a Short StorySettingCharacterizationPlotConflictClimaxResolutionThemePoint o
2、f viewShort Story VocabularySetting:Tells the reader where and when the story takes place.Short Story VocabularyCharacterization: Creation of imaginary people who appear to be real to the reader. The writer gives information about the characters in the story.Short Story VocabularyPlot: A series of e
3、vents through which the writer reveals what is happening, to whom, and why.Short Story VocabularyConflict: Is a problem in the story that needs to be resolved.Short Story VocabularyClimax: When the action comes to its highest point of conflict.Short Story VocabularyResolution: The storys action afte
4、r the climax until the end of the story. The “conclusion” of the story.Short Story VocabularyTheme: The storys main ideas. The “message” the writer intends to communicate by telling the story.Short Story VocabularyPoint of view: The position of the narrator of the story and what the writer sees from
5、 that vantage point.Elements of a Short StorySettingCharacterizationPlotConflictClimaxResolutionThemePoint of viewGreat writers are able to use the elements of the short story with such precision that the reader is caught up in the action of the story. This is a mark of a good story and our goal as a writer.
