Short story elements

Elements of a Short Story

7th Grade Language ArtsGraves County Middle School

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Definition of a Short Story

Tells 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 reader


SettingCharacterizationPlotConflictClimaxResolutionThemePoint of view

Short Story Vocabulary

Setting:Tells the reader where and when the story takes place.


Characterization: Creation of imaginary people who appear to be real to the reader. The writer gives information about the characters in the story.


Plot: A series of events through which the writer reveals what is happening, to whom, and why.


Conflict: Is a problem in the story that needs to be resolved.


Climax: When the action comes to its highest point of conflict.


Resolution: The story’s action after the climax until the end of the story. The “conclusion” of the story.


Theme: The story’s main ideas. The “message” the writer intends to communicate by telling the story.


Point of view: The position of the narrator of the story and what the writer sees from that vantage point.


SettingCharacterizationPlotConflictClimaxResolutionThemePoint of view

Great 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.

The Assignment

1. In the next lesson you will review the short story elements and learn to follow and map the sequence of events in a story.

2. You will learn to distinguish the various points of view from which a story may be told.

3. You will learn about all of the previously mentioned short story elements.

Step-by-step Instructions

• Begin Elements of a Short Story web quest, go to: www.suhsd.k12.ca.us/mvm/netlinks/1shortstory/1shortstory.html

• Follow the directions for each step before going onto the next step.

• Complete the activities worksheets.• Complete open response question.

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