ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY

Question 1

• is a work of fictional narrative prose with a few characters, limited setting and a single major event.

Answer 1

SHORT STORY

Question 2

is meant to be read in a single sitting.

Answer 2

SHORT STORY

Question 3

Elements of short story:

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1. Character
2. Setting
3. Plot
4. Conflict
5. Theme
6. Point of View

Question 4

heart of the story

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Character

Question 5

a person, in some stories an animal, who takes part in the action of the story or other literary work

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Character

Question 6

• is considered as the main character or most important of all the characters.
• It is the character who learns something or undergoes some changes throughout the course of the story

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Protagonist

Question 7

is the character that challenges the main character. It has no concern for the wellbeing of the main character.

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Antagonist

Question 8

• the person second in importance to the protagonist.
• Typical or minor character

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Deuteragonist

Question 9

the place (locale) and time (period)

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Setting

Question 10

may be based on real place and real time or it may also be based on the author’s imagination

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Setting

Question 11

• is the actual story.

-It is what the story is all about. It is also the series of events and characters’ actions that lead to the highest point of interest in a short story.

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Plot

Question 12

This is the beginning of the
story. This is where the author introduces the characters, identifies where the story is
happening, and establishes the main conflict

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Exposition

Question 13

This event occurs as you
begin to move throughout the story. This is where conflicts start to build.

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Rising Action

Question 14

This point occurs after the
climax as the problems in the story start to work themselves out. The excitement becomes less and less as the conflict is resolved.

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Falling Action

Question 15

– It is the most exciting part of a
short story. This is the part in the story when important decisions are made or important
things are discovered.

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Climax

Question 16

This is the solution to the
problem in a story. may not be
what you hoped for but as long as it fits the story in tone and theme, the conflict has been resolved.

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Resolution

Question 17

needs to have someone or
something to challenge him. Without ____ the story will not go anywhere and will not be very interesting to the readers.

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conflict

Question 18

four types of conflict:

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• man versus man
• man versus nature
• man versus himself
• man versus society

Question 19

• this is the central idea in a short story and a general truth.
• considered as the author’s message to the
  readers.
• general truth about life

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Theme

Question 20

• this is the way the story is told or narrated
• It is also known as the vantage point that a writer uses to narrate the story.

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Point of View

Question 21

the narrator is not in the story and narrates using the pronouns
‘she’ or ‘he’. Also, the narrator is unable to see into the minds of the characters.

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Limited Third Person

Question 22

the narrator participates in
and tells the story using the pronoun ‘I’

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First Person

Question 23

the narrator is not in the story and tells the story using the pronouns ‘she’ or ‘he’. In this point of view,
the narrator can tell the thoughts of the characters as he can see into their minds

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Omniscient Third Person