3 Short Stories project: elements of a story

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

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What is a short story?

What is a short story? 

• A short story is any story between 1,000 and 10,000 words.
• Tells about a single event or experience.
• Fictional (not true)
• It has a beginning, middle, and end.
• Creates an impression on the reader.

Short Story Elements 

1. Setting
   
2. Characterization
   
3. Plot
   
4. Conflict
   
5. Climax
   
6. Resolution
   
7. Theme
   
8. Point of view

Setting 

              Tells the reader where and  the story takes place.

Characterization

Creation of imaginary people 

who appear to be real to the reader. 

The writer gives information about 

the characters in the story.

Plot

A series of events through 

which the writer reveals what 

is happening, to whom, and why.

Conflict

Is a problem in the story 

that needs to be resolved.

Climax

When the action comes to 

its highest point of conflict.

When it can go one way 

or another.

Resolution

The story’s action after 

the climax until the end 

of the story. 

How the conflict is solved.

The “conclusion” of the story.

Theme

The story’s main ideas.

The “message” the writer intends to

communicate by telling the story

Point of view

The position of the narrator of the story 

and what the writer sees from that 

vantage point.