Elements of Short Stories
What is a short work of fiction.
A character is...
What is a person or animal depicted in the story.
A struggle between two characters or things in a short story.
What is conflict.
What is the setting.
The author gives you hints about future events...
What is foreshadowing.
Approximate page length of a short story...
Characters can also be...
What is a thing.
A conflict with yourself.
What is internal conflict/person vs. self
The central idea or belief in a short story.
What is the theme.
The outcome of the story is different from what the reader expected would happen.
What is irony.
Length of reading a short story...
What is in one sitting.
A not so important character is known as...
What is a tertiary character.
A type of conflict that involves a larger population...
What is person vs. society.
The moral or the story is..the main idea is...
What is the theme.
A word or phrase written multiple times, for emphasis
What is repetition.
In a short story there could be multiple...
Themes and Settings
A leading character, main figure, advocate in the story
What is the protagonist
When Ms. Czaplinska is always fighting with computers...
Person vs. Technology
Descriptions of landscape, scenery, buildings...
What is the setting.
What is personification.
One of of the short stories we will read in class is:
What is:
The Ninny
Lather and Nothing Else
The Possibility of Evil
A Man Who Had No Eyes
Borders
This type of character causes problems.
What is an Antagonist.
When a Ariel had a problem with her father, because he would not let her leave the pod.
Person vs. Person
Light vs. Dark
Power vs. Oppression
Love vs. Hate
Money doesn't buy happiness.
What are themes.
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"
What is hyperbole.