a concise report on elements of a short story

1. ELEMENTS OF
A SHORT
STORY

2. CHARACTERS
PROTAGONIST ANTAGONIST

3. The protagonist is the “good guy””

4. The antagonist is the “bad guy” or
force

5. The time and place of the story is the
setting

6. Great stories have a conflict
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature Man vs. Society Man vs. Himself

7. "Man vs Nature" conflict is an external struggle
positioning the hero against an animal or a force
of nature, such as a storm or tornado or snow.

8. Where man stands against a man-made
institution (such as slavery or bullying), "man
against man" conflict may shade into "man
against society".

9. This is a conflict that is usually associated with an
external conflict. A character must overcome his own
nature or make a choice between two or more paths -
good and evil; logic and emotion.

10. Plot is a literary term defined as the
events that make up a story,
particularly as they relate to one
another in a pattern, in a sequence,
through cause and effect, how the
reader views the story.

11. Exposition - The part of the plot that tells how the story begins.
 provides the background information needed to properly understand the story,
such as the problem in the beginning of the story, characters, and setting.
Rising Action - The action in the story leading up to the climax.

12. Climax - The point of crisis in the plot. It may be the reader’s
point of highest interest.
Falling action - The action in the story after the climax is
revealed.
Resolution/Denoument - The part of the plot that reveals the
final outcome

13. What to include in LRAR
 Figurative Language
 Themes/Lesson
 Personal Reaction
 Language Growth (vocabulary)
 Quotable Quotes

14. Women want love to
be a novel, men a
short story. ~Daphne
du Maurier

15. THANK YOU