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Unit 1: Short Story Unit

Unit 1: Short Story Unit. Introduction a nd Literary Terms. Short Story Literary Terms. short story plot conflict characters setting characterization antagonist protagonist s ymbol theme irony point-of-view tone mood imagery dialogue dynamic character

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Unit 1: Short Story Unit

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  1. Unit 1:Short Story Unit Introduction and Literary Terms

  2. Short Story Literary Terms short storyplotconflictcharacters setting characterizationantagonistprotagonist symboltheme irony point-of-viewtone mood imagerydialoguedynamic character foreshadowingstatic character diction flat character round character

  3. A short story is a brief work of fiction meant to be read in one sitting. • It is a work of fiction created from the writer’s imagination and personal vision. • Due to the length of a story (usually between 500 and 10,000 words), it must be crafted in a concise, compact manner that accomplishes its purpose in relatively few words. What is a Short Story?

  4. Plot • A story’s plot is its series of related events. • Throughout the course of a story’s plot, events unfold, build to a climax (or high point), and are then brought to a conclusion.

  5. Some of the key elements of a short story are: • Plot • Conflict • Characters • Setting • Symbols, and • Theme What are some of the key elements of a short story?

  6. The plot consists of: • The exposition • The rising action • The climax • The falling action And • The resolution

  7. There are two main types of conflict in literature: • An external conflict is a struggle with an outside force: Man v. Man Man v. Society Man v. Nature • An internal conflict is a struggle within the mind of one character. CONFLICT A struggle between opposing forces.

  8. External Conflict!Man v. Man

  9. External Conflict!Man v. Nature

  10. Internal ConflictMan v. Self

  11. Characters • The characters in a story are the personalities who participate in the action • Usually, story characters are human beings, but they can also be animals or even objects.

  12. Characterization • The act of creating and developing a character. Writers use these methods of characterization to tell readers about characters: • Providing descriptions of what characters look like. • Describing characters’ words and actions • Showing characters interaction with one another • Sharing characters’ thoughts and feelings.

  13. Setting • The setting of a story is the time and place of the action.

  14. Protagonist & Antagonist Antagonist The protagonist is the main character in a literary work. (The protagonist is not necessarily a good guy, but simply the main character.) The antagonist is a character or force in conflict with a main character, or protagonist. (The protagonist is not necessary a bad guy, but simply in conflict with the main character, the protagonist) Protagonist

  15. For example, a flag is a piece of cloth, but it also represents the idea of a country. (The American Flag also represents a sense of freedom.) Symbol A symbol is anything that stands for something else.

  16. Theme • A theme is a central message or insight into life that the author is trying to convey. • Examples of Themes: • You reap what you sow. • Being kind to others pays off in the end. • The grass is not always greener on the other side. • Be grateful for what you have. • Never judge a book by it’s cover.

  17. Irony • Irony is the difference between appearance and reality, or expectation and result. There are 3 types of irony: → • Verbal Irony – when words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant. • Situational Irony – an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience. • Dramatic Irony– there is a contradiction between what the character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true.

  18. Point of View (POV) • Point of view is the perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told. • 1st person point of view – narrator is part of the story and uses the pronoun “I”. • 3rd person point of view – the narrator is not a part of the story and uses the pronouns “he”, “she”, “they,” etc.

  19. Tone • The tone of a literary work is the writer’s attitude toward his or her audience and subject. The tone can often be described by a single adjective, such as formal or informal, serious or playful, bitter or ironic, etc.

  20. Mood • Mood, is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. Often the mood can be described in a single word, such as lighthearted, frightening, eerie, or despairing.

  21. Imagery • Imagery is the descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader. • These pictures, or images, are created by details of: • sight • sound • taste • touch • smell

  22. Dialogue • A dialogue is a conversation between characters that may reveal their traits and advance the action of a narrative.

  23. Diction • Diction is your choice and arrangement of words. • Diction is influenced by audience, purpose, and occasion. • Your diction may be casual, formal, technical, simple, or complex. Examples: Formal Diction “To my horror, I realized that I had absentmindedly mailed the urgent letter without a stamp.” Casual Diction Oops, I must have goofed and forgotten to put a stamp on that!

  24. Foreshadowing Foreshadowing is the use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that will happen later in the story.

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