Element of Short Story

Point of
Setting View
Character
Characteri
ELEMENTS OF
zation
SHORT STORY
Conflict Plot
Theme
Point of View
Point of view is the vantage point from which a story is
told.
First Person: The narrator is a character, often the main

character, of the story. This character reveals personal
thoughts and feelings but is unable to tell the feelings of
others unless he or she is told by another character. The first
person narrator refers to him or herself as “I.”
Third Person Objective: The narrator is an outsider, not a
character. The third person objective reports what is
happening (seen and heard), but cannot tell the reader what
characters are thinking.
Third Person Limited: The narrator is an outsider, not a
character. The third person objective reports what is
happening as well as the thoughts of one specific character.
Omniscient: This is the all-knowing narrator. The omniscient
point of view sees everything and hears everything, and is
able to see into the minds of multiple characters.
Setting
Setting generally provides the time and
place of a specific scene or chapter, the
entire story, a play or a narrative poem.
Setting can also include the mood of the
time period, situation or event.
Setting can also be the social, political,
environmental or emotional climate.
Setting can also include the emotional state
of a character.Setting generally
provides the time
Character
The term character refers to a person or an animal in a
story, play or other literary work.
A Dynamic Character changes as a result of the events of
the story.
A Static Character changes very little or not at all through
the literary work.
A character’s motivation is any force (i.e.: love, fear,
jealousy) that drives the character to behave in a particular
way.
Characterization
Characterization is the way a writer reveals the
personality of a character.
Characterization is how the author develops and
uses the characters to tell a story.
Characterization is often the most important
aspect of a story.
The protagonist is the main character in a story.
The story often revolves around this character.
The antagonist is the force that or character who
opposes the protagonist.
Theme
Theme is the general idea or insight about
life that a work of literature reveals.
Theme is a main idea or strong message

tied to life.
Theme threads itself through a story,

chapter or scene to make a point about life,
society or human nature.
Conflict
Conflict is a struggle between opposing characters
or opposing forces.
There are four general types of conflict in literature:

Man versus Man is the conflict of one person against
another person.
Man versus Nature is the conflict a person encounters
with the forces of nature, and shows how insignificant
one person can be when compared to the cosmic
scheme of things.
Man versus Society is the conflict of a person/people
and the views of society. Prejudice/Racism is a good
example.
Man versus Self is internal conflict. It is those
conflicts an individual has with his conscience.
Plot
Plot is the sequence of events that happen
in a story. Plot provides a story with
structure, like a map of a story.
Plot has five basic points:
Exposition is the beginning of the story.
Rising action is when something starts to
happen.
Climax is the high point of the action.
Falling action is the action following the
climax, a cool down.
Resolution is the conclusion of the action
when everything comes together.
Plot Diagram
Climax
Falling action
Rising Action
Resolution
Exposition
Literary Devices
Foreshadowing Flashback
Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing is the use of clues or hints to
suggest events that will occur later in the plot.
Foreshadowing is when you are given hints or

clues about something that will happen in the
future of the story.
A good examples of foreshadowing are in

O’Henry’s short story, “After Twenty years”
when he gives us clues of what is to come.
Flashback
Flashback is an interruption in the present
action of a plot to show events that happened
at an earlier time.
Flashback is when the story returns or goes

back in time to a past event.
Flashback is used to tell a past story.
Flashback can be the memory of a single

character or the narrator.
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Point of

First Person: The narrator is a character, often the main

Theme is a main idea or strong message

Theme threads itself through a story,

There are four general types of conflict in literature:

Foreshadowing is when you are given hints or

A good examples of foreshadowing are in

Flashback is when the story returns or goes

Flashback is used to tell a past story.

Flashback can be the memory of a single

Prepared by: Menchie D. Bullan

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