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Genre Focus The Short Story

Genre Focus The Short Story. Glencoe Literature The Reader’s Choice Course 4. 2-3. Short Story Elements. Setting : Setting is the time and place in which a story happens. Setting includes ideas, customs, values, and beliefs.

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Genre Focus The Short Story

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  1. GenreFocus The Short Story Glencoe Literature The Reader’s Choice Course 4. 2-3

  2. Short Story Elements Setting: Setting is the time and place in which a story happens. Setting includes ideas, customs, values, and beliefs

  3. Character: Characters are the actors in a story’s plot. They can be people, animals, or whatever the writer chooses. • Protagonist—the main character • Antagonist—the character in conflict with the main character. Not all stories have antagonists.

  4. Point of View: Point of view refers to the relationship of the narrator, or storyteller, to the story. • In first-person point of view, the narrator is a character in the story referred to as “I.”

  5. In third-person limited point of view, the narrator reveals the thoughts of only one character, referring to that character as “he” or “she.”

  6. In third-person omniscient point of view, the narrator knows everything about the story’s events and reveals the thoughts of all the characters.

  7. Theme: Theme is the central idea or message of a story, often a perception about life of human nature. • Stated themes are directly presented in the story. • Implied themes must be inferred by considering all the elements of a story and asking what message about life is conveyed.

  8. Plot: Plot is the sequence of events in a story. Each event causes or leads to the next. Plot is often created through conflict, a struggle between opposing forces.

  9. An external conflict is one between a character and an outside force • Nature • Society • Fate • Technology

  10. An internal conflict takes place within the mind of a character who is torn between opposing feelings or between different courses of action.

  11. Most plots develop in five stages: • Exposition introduces the story’s characters, setting, and conflict. • Rising action occurs as complications, twists, or intensifications of the conflict occur.

  12. Climax is the emotional high point of the story. • Falling action is the logical result of the climax • Resolution presents the final outcome of the story

  13. Five Stages of Plot Development Climax Falling Action Exposition Rising Action Resolution

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