1. Elements of a Short Story - Fiction1

2. What is an Element?

3. Fiction Stories have Elements
Characterization
Setting
Theme
Plot

4. SETTING The time and place in which a work of literature happens.

5. THEME
The general main idea or lesson the author wants you to get from a literary work.

6. CHARACTERIZATION
The description of the personalities of the characters in the story and the way in which an author reveals their personalities.

7. The sequence or order of events in a story.
PLOT
The sequence or order of events in a story.

8. PLOT DIAGRAM Climax Rising Action Conflict Exposition Resolution
Falling Action
Exposition
Resolution

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POINT OF VIEW
The story teller from whose point of view the story is being told, the narrator.
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10. Unit EQ How do I summarize fiction texts using the story elements?
How do I compare/contrast fiction texts using the story elements?

11. Bibliography
Dinneen, K. Elements of the Short Story. Retrieved Jun , 2003, from Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute:
Five Elements of a Story. Retrieved Jun. 19, 2003,
Guevin, D. Short Story Elements. Retrieved Jun. 19, 2003, 11