1. Elements of a Short Story

2. Setting Place Time Weather Conditions Social Conditions
Mood or Atmosphere

3. Plot
Introduction
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Denoument

4. Conflict Types Kinds External Internal Man vs. Man
Man vs. Circumstance
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Himself/Herself

5. Character Person in a work Characteristics of a Person
Antagonist and Protaganist
Characteristics of a Person
Physical appearance
What he/she says, thinks, feels, and dreams
What he/she does or does not do
What others say about him/her and how others react to him/her

6. Character (continued)
Individual – round, many sided, and complex
Developing – dynamic, many sided personalities that change by the end of the story
Static – stereotype, 1 or 2 characteristics that never change and emphasized

7. Point of View Innocent Eye – told through eyes of a child
Stream of Consciousness – reader feels they are inside the head of a character
First Person – told by protagonist o0r someone close to the protagonist (uses I, me, we, etc.

8. Point of View
Omniscient - Tells story in 3rd person (they, she, he, it, etc.
Omniscient Limited – know what the character knows which includes thoughts and feelings
Omniscient Objective – only see and hear what they characters see and hear

9. Theme Controlling idea or central insight
Author’s underlying meaning or main idea
Reveals to the reader through symbols, allusions, similes, metaphors, hyperboles, or irony

10. Works Cited
Engram, Judith. “Short Story Elements.” Halifax Regional School Board. 26 Aug <