Elements of a Short Story
An event that hooks the viewer into the story and sets everything else that happens into motion
What is Inciting Incident?
The number of characters in a short story
What is one character?
Time and place in which a story is told
What is setting?
A short story is different from a novel because...
What is a short story is any work of narrative fiction from 1,000 to 10,000 words and novels, by contrast, tend to be around 50,000 to 70,000 words?
The plot is the sequence of events where each affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect.
What is Rising Action?
The number of events that occur in a short story
What is one event?
A person, animal, being, creature, or thing
What are characters?
Define Point of View
What is the narrator's position in relation to a story being told?
The decisive moment, or turning point, at which the rising action of the play is reversed to falling action.
What is climax?
The number of emotions felt in a short story
What is a single emotion?
The primary problem that the character in a story faces
What is a conflict?
Define Characterization
What is the creation or construction of a fictional character?
The elements of plot after a story's climax and before the resolution.
What is Falling Action?
The length of time that can occur in a short story
What is one day?
The character who drives the action
What is a protagonist?
Define theme
What is the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic?
The conclusion of a story's plot
What is Resolution?
The last thing needed for a short story
A character, or a group of characters, which stands in opposition to the Protagonist, which is the main character.
What is the antagonist?
Unity means the state of forming a ___________ and _______________ effect, especially in an ___________ context.
What is: Unity means the state of forming a harmonious and pleasing effect, especially in an artistic context?