Short Story Notes Full Version

8/2/2019 Short Story Notes Full Version

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SHORT STORY ELEMENTS

There are five elements- the same five are found

all fiction.

1. Plot (Exposition, Rising Action, Conflict, FallingAction, and Resolution)

2. Setting

3. Character

4. Theme

5. Point of View

Flocabulary (Listen for an awesome song aboutthe five story elements)
http://www.flocabulary.com/fivethings/http://www.flocabulary.com/fivethings/


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WHAT WE WILL LEARN TODAY: LEARNING

TARGET

Identify elements of a short story

Define elements of a short story

Demonstrate mastery of short storyelements


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SETTING

Setting is the time and place of action,but it can also create amood/atmosphere

Mood/Atmosphere the feeling created

in the reader by a literary work orpassage.


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PLOT

We know the five elements of plot. Lookback at your previous notes for moreexplanation.


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CONFLICT

A struggle between two opposing forces

TypesInternaltakes place in a characters own mind

Man vs. Him(Her)self

External a character struggles against an outside force

Man vs. Man

Man vs. Nature

Man vs. technology, progress

Man vs. Society

Man vs. Supernatural


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CHARACTER

Flat/Round Characters: A flat character

is one- sided and often stereotypical. Around character is fully developed andexhibits many traits- often both faultsand virtues.

Dynamic/Static characters: A dynamiccharacter is one who changes or growsduring the course of the work. A staticcharacter is one who does not change.


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CHARACTER CONTINUED

Antagonist- A character or a force in

conflict with the major character.Types of Antagonists:

people

nature society

Protagonist- The main character in aliterary work.


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WHICH ONE IS THE PROTAGONIST?


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THEME

Theme may be stated or implied.

Stated- expressed directly by the author.

Implied- suggested or stated indirectlythrough what happens to a character.

Universal Theme- a recurring theme; amessage about life that is expressedregularly in many different cultures and

time periods.


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POINT OF VIEW

First person- I, me

Third person- he, she, they etc. Thethird person narrator may beomniscient- a narrator who knowseverything that happens, and revealswhat each character thinks or feels. Or itmay be limited- the narrator only revealsthe thoughts and feelings of a singlecharacter.


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LITERARY DEVICES

Flashback (Already have in your notes)

Foreshadowing- the author suggestscertain plot developments that mightcome later in the story.

Irony- the contrast between an actualoutcome and what the reader orcharacter expects. (There are differenttypes that we will discuss later)


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LITERARY DEVICES

S Y M B O L I S M

- An object, person,or event thatfunctions as itself,but also stands forsomething morethan itself.

Example: Scalesfunction is to weighthings, but they arealso a symbol of ourjustice system.

S C A L E


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ALLUSION

Reference to astatement, person, aplace, or eventsfrom:

Literature

History Religion

Mythology

Politics

Sports

T H E L I G H T N I N G T H I E FR E F E R R E D O R A L L U D E DT O G R E E K M Y T H O L O G Y


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IMAGERY

P A I N T A P I C T U R E I N

T H E R E A D E R S M I N D

Language thatappeals to thesenses.

Touch

Taste

Sight

Sound

Smell

Y O U A R E A N A R T I S T !


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INFERENCE

When you make inferences, you look atthe information the author provides tomake logical assumptions about whatthe author leaves unstated. To make

inferences, use details that the authorprovides as clues.


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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Involves some imaginative comparison between

two unlike things.

Simile comparing two unlike things using like oras.

I wandered lonely as a cloud

Metaphor comparing two unlike things (notusing like or as)

Life is a roller coaster, it has lots of ups anddowns.


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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Personification Giving human qualitiesto non-human things.

Example: The wind howled

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