VW4 Short Stories

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VW4 Short Stories

A short story usually:

1. focuses on one incident
2. has a single plot/setting
3. a small number of characters
4. covers a short period of time

A character is the representation of a person in a story. Two important characters in many stories are:

What kind of genres are there?

What can you tell about the "theme" of a short story?

What elements of "setting" may be included in a short story?

Narration or Point of view

• The narrator is the person or other character who is telling us the story. 
• Usually it is clear who the narrator is. 
• Different narration types

First person or I-narrative

• it is told from a particular character's point of view, as they are experiencing it themselves 
• Usually you don't get the perspectives of other characters. 
• Uses first person pronouns (I, we, me, us) 

Third person narrative

• Tells the story using third person pronouns (they, he, she) 
• Usually narrated by an outsider, someone who doesn't appear in the story. 
• Most commonly used

Short story 1

The Snip by Tony Dickenson