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Vocabulary

Definition

Elements

Vocabulary:• prose – ordinary writing; writing without

poetry structure

• fiction – a literature or story made by

author’s imagination; something that is not

true

- a piece of prose fiction, which can be read in a

single sitting

- shorter in length than a novel

Short StoryShort Story

ElemenElements ts

of a of a Short Short StoryStory

Point of ViewCharacter

SettingTheme

Plot

1. Setting

-

tells the reader where and when the story takes

place.

2. Character- person, animal or things that does the action in

the story

Types of Characters:

1. Protagonist – the hero of the story2. Antagonist – the villain in the story who is always opposing the protagonist

3. Plot

- the chain or order of related events that take place in a story.

PLOT DIAGRAM

Risi

ng

Actio

n Falling

Action

Resolution

Climax

Exposition

Conflict

5 PARTS OF PLOT1. ExpositionThe part of the plot that tells how the story

begins.

2. Rising Action (through Conflict)The action in the story leading up to the climax.

3. ClimaxThe point of crisis in the plot. It may be the reader’s point of highest interest

PARTS OF THE PLOT

4. Falling action The action in the story after the climax is revealed.

5. Resolution The part of the plot that reveals the final outcome.

•Man vs. Man Man vs. Man

•Man vs. NatureMan vs. Nature

•Man vs. SocietyMan vs. Society

•Man vs. SelfMan vs. Self

4 Kinds of Conflict4 Kinds of Conflict

- a struggle between two opposing forces

• Man vs. Man -Man vs. Man - tthe

main character struggles against another character. “Good guy” vs. “Bad guy”

• Man vs. Nature – Man vs. Nature – the main character the main character

struggles with a struggles with a

force of nature force of nature

(natural disaster, (natural disaster,

desolation, animal, desolation, animal,

etc.)etc.)

- the character is - the character is

struggling to struggling to

survive survive

• Man vs. Society Man vs. Society – – the main character struggles against society or people, social traditions or rules (fight for freedom or for a cause, etc.)

• Man vs. Self - Man vs. Self - tthe

main character’s struggle takes place in his/her own mind.

- choosing between right or wrong

4. Point of View-the view from which the story is told

Types of POV:

-First Person

-Third Persono Third person limitedo Third person omniscient

Is it the author, narrator or character?

Who is telling the story?

Types of Point of View

1.First Person - it is told by one of the characters in the

story who uses the pronouns “I”, “me”, “we” and “us”

2. Third Person- an outside narrator is telling the story;

uses the pronouns “he”, “she”, “they”.

a.Third- Person Omniscient - the narrator is “all-knowing” and able to see into the minds of ALL characters.

b.Third-Person Limited - the narrator perceives events only as

an observer or only through the eyes of ONE character.

5. Theme5. Theme-the main idea or message of the story. the main idea or message of the story. -the lesson that the authors want you to learn of knowthe lesson that the authors want you to learn of know

Example:Example:- Love is blind.- Love is blind.- Don’t judge others. - Don’t judge others. - Be contented of what you have.- Be contented of what you have.