SHORT STORY ELEMENTS

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SHORT STORY ELEMENTS by Mind Map: SHORT STORY ELEMENTS

1. -Internal: Struggle in the characters mind -External: Between two characters or nature

2. -Person vs Nature: Struggle between characters and natural disasters

3. POINT OF VIEW

3.1. The position of the narrator of the story and what the writter sees. Elements of a Short Story

3.2. -First person: Told by the protagonist

3.3. -Second person: Makes the reader a character in the story

3.4. -Third person: Tells the story using the pronouns (she, it, they. he)

4. CONFLICT

4.1. It is a problem that needs to be solved in the story. There are different types of conflict. https://education.seattlepi.com/types-conflict-can-found-narrative-3739.html

4.2. -Person vs. Person: Between lovers, protagonist and antagonist

4.3. -Person vs Itself: Inner conflict

4.4. -Person vs Society: Problems between individuals, practices or customs of other people

4.5. -Person vs Supernatural: Struggle between paranormal events

4.6. -Person vs Technology: Problems between science and new inventions.

5. PLOT

5.1. Events throw the author is reveling what is happening on the story. https://literarydevices.net/plot/

5.2. -Exposition: The beggining of the story

5.3. -Conflict: Incident of great impact

5.4. -Climax: The most exciting part of the story

5.5. -Falling Action: The problems begin to resolve

5.6. -Resolution: End of the story

6. SETTING

6.1. Talks about the beggining of the story also tells the reader information about:

6.2. -When and Where the story takes place. For Example: May, 17th Century. https://literaryterms.net/setting/

7. CHARACTERIZATION

7.1. Imaginary people who appers to be real for the reader. Some types are the following. https://images.slideplayer.com/36/10548596/slides/slide_3.jpg

7.2. -Protagonist: The main character of the story -Antagonist: The evil character of the story

7.3. -Dynamic: Changes during the story

7.4. -Static: Stays the same in the story

7.5. -Anti-hero: Undesirable traits

8. THEME

8.1. It is the message which the writters wants to transmit in the story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(narrative)

8.2. -Courage

8.3. -Fate

8.4. -Justice

8.5. -Peace

8.6. -Suspense