Elements of a Short Story
Short Stories should include:
Short Story vocab:
Short Story concepts
100

An event that hooks the viewer into the story and sets everything else that happens into motion

 What is Inciting Incident?

100

The number of characters in a short story

What is one character? 

100

Time and place in which a story is told

What is setting?

100

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?

200

The plot is the sequence of events where each affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect.

What is Rising Action?

200

The number of events that occur in a short story

What is one event?

200

A person, animal, being, creature, or thing

What are characters?

200

Define Point of View

What is the narrator's position in relation to a story being told? 

300

The decisive moment, or turning point, at which the rising action of the play is reversed to falling action.

What is climax?

300

The number of emotions felt in a short story

What is a single emotion?

300

The primary problem that the character in a story faces

What is a conflict?

300

Define Characterization 

What is the creation or construction of a fictional character?

400

The elements of plot after a story's climax and before the resolution.

What is Falling Action?

400

The length of time that can occur in a short story

What is one day?

400

The character who drives the action

What is a protagonist? 

400

Define theme

What is the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic?

500

The conclusion of a story's plot

What is Resolution?

500

The last thing needed for a short story

What is one place?
500

A character, or a group of characters, which stands in opposition to the Protagonist, which is the main character.

What is the antagonist?

500

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?