2. Elements of a Short Story What your short story needs to be a success.

3. Definition of a Short Story Tells about a single event or experience Fictional (not true, but may be based on a true story) 500 to 15,000 words in length It has a beginning, middle, and end Creates an impression on the reader

4. Elements of a Short Story Setting Characterization Plot Conflict Climax Resolution Theme Point of view

5. Short Story Elements Setting:Tells the reader where and when the story takes place.

6. Short Story Elements Characterization: Creation of imaginary people who appear to be real to the reader. The writer gives information about the characters in the story.

7. Short Story Elements Plot: A series of events through which the writer reveals what is happening, to whom, and why.

8. Short Story Elements Conflict: Is a problem in the story that needs to be resolved.

9. Short Story Elements Climax: When the action comes to its highest point of conflict.

10. Short Story Elements Resolution: The story’s action after the climax until the end of the story. The “conclusion” of the story.

11. Short Story Elements Theme: The story’s main ideas. The “message” or the “life lesson” writer intends to communicate by telling the story.

12. Short Story Elements Point of view: The position of the narrator of the story and what the writer sees from that vantage point. Your story will either be first or third person.

13. Elements of a Short Story Setting Characterization Plot Conflict Climax Resolution Theme Point of view

14. Great writers are able to use the elements of the short story with such precision that the reader is caught up in the action of the story. This is a mark of a good story and the goal of the writer.

15. The Assignment 1.Begin the prewriting of your short story by outlining your short story’s elements: 1.Setting 2.Characterization 3.Plot 4.Conflict 5.Climax 6.Resolution 7.Theme 8.Point of View