Short Stories What you need to know…. Story Terms Plot Character Theme Mood Point of View.
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Short Stories
What you need to know…
Story Terms
• Plot• Character• Theme• Mood• Point of View
Plot
• The plot is what happens in a story and how it happens.
Parts of a Plot
• Exposition – gives rise to conflict; arouses reader’s interest
• Rising Action – complicate or intensify the central conflict
• Climax – highest point of interest and emotional involvement in the story
• Falling Action – events that lead to resolution
• Resolution – final outcome of story
Conflict
• A clash of opposing forces (protagonist vs. antagonist).
1.Person vs. Person(external)
2.Person vs. Self (internal)
3.Person vs. Nature(external)
Setting
The time and place where the action occurs. Details that describe:
• Scenery• Dialects• Weather• Time of day• Time of year
“The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it. She put me in them new clothes again, and I couldn’t do nothing but sweat and sweat, and feel all cramped up.” - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Characters
• Round – complex or presented in detail
• Dynamic – developing during course of story
• Flat – characterized by 1 or 2 traits• Static – unchanged from beg. to end.• Stock - stereotypical
Point of View
• First Person – “I” is the central character
• Third Person– Omniscient: author knows all of what is
done, said, felt, thought by all characters– Limited Omniscient: author only provides
insight into one character– Objective: author provides no comments
on any characters or their actions
Theme
• A central message, concern, or insight into life
• Can be expressed by a one or two sentence statement about human beings or about life
• May be stated directly or implied• Often requires interpretation to
uncover