Short story elements
Devices and features
Styles
Forms and Fiction
100

A brief wrapping up of the plot 

falling action

100

the message of the story 

Theme 

100

events in a plot are described one after an other..

chronological order

100

a short popular saying that could be a piece of advice.. 

proverb

200

the ending is happy and everything is explained 

Expository Happy

200

When a problem is inside of a character Eg thoughts, disease, etc......

Internal conflict

200

when a character or person is joking in a angry matter..

sarcasm 

200

A story that has a deeper meaning under its surface meaning..

Allegory 

300

Usually the ending of a short story

Conclusion/resolution 

300

out of pocket ending..

Deus Ex Machina

300

the person that tells the story 

the narrator 

300

A genre that is similar to a comic book..

Graphic text 

400

the reader is left with loose ends and has to supply the ending by them self 

unresolved/indeterminate/cliffhanger 

400

A hint of events to come..

foreshadowing 

400

when the reader of the story knows something that characters do not..

dramatic irony 

400

A traditional story handed down in oral or written form

Folk tale 

500

a disappointing ending to something with increased excitement.

Anti climax 

500

characters are refered as she and he and only hear some of their thoughts

Third person limited omniscient

500

sequences where the thinking of a character may not be in order and could be random.

Stream of consciousness

500

an anonymous tale of unknown origins  

Myth