1. The Daring English Teacher Using Cornell notes, take notes on the following slides about narrative and the short story.

2. The Daring English Teacher What is a Short Story? a short story is a brief work of fiction fiction is literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people

3. The Daring English Teacher Short Story Elements Short stories will have these elements. Characters Setting Plot Conflict Point of view Theme

4. The Daring English Teacher Characters a character is a person (or animal) in a literary work that takes part in the action – Protagonist : The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text – Antagonist : a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary

5. The Daring English Teacher Characters Static Characters characters that do not change throughout the course of the narrative a static character does not go through a transformation or learn an important life lesson Dynamic Characters characters that change throughout the course of the narrative a dynamic character experiences a transformation and/or learns a valuable life lesson

6. The Daring English Teacher Setting The setting of a short story is the time and place in which it is set. – When : time (hour of the day, day of the week, year, time period, season, etc.) – Where : location

7. The Daring English Teacher The Plot Plot - the events take make up a storyline – Exposition – Initial Conflict/Inciting Incident – Rising Action – Climax – Falling Action – Resolution

8. The Daring English Teacher The Plot Introduces background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers.

9. The Daring English Teacher The Plot The event that sets the central conflict in motion.

10. The Daring English Teacher The Plot A related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.

11. The Daring English Teacher The Plot The point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point.

12. The Daring English Teacher The Plot The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.

13. The Daring English Teacher The Plot the resolution, or conclusion, of the story where the conflict is fully resolved.

14. The Daring English Teacher Conflict the conflict is a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist – External : a struggle between a character and an outside force (another character or nature) character vs. character character vs. nature – Internal : a struggle happening within a character’s mind. character vs. self

15. The Daring English Teacher Point of View the point of view is the narrator's position in relation to the story being told – 1 st person : The narrator is in the story EX: I woke up that morning and wanted to buy some ice cream. – 3 rd person : The narrator is an outsider telling the story EX: He woke up that morning and wanted to buy some ice cream.

16. The Daring English Teacher Theme the theme is the central message of the story ask yourself, “what is the author trying to teach me through this story?” most often, it will be inferred rather than directly stated