Characteristics of a Short Story

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Characteristics of a Short Story

• P.A.C.C.T.S
• and
• BEYOND

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P.A.C.T.S.

• P POINT OF VIEW
• A ATMOSPHERE
• C CONFLICT
• C CHARACTERIZATION
• T THEME
• S SETTING

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POINT OF VIEW (NARRATION)
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Atmosphere

• mood or feeling of the story
• Determined by setting
• Description of sensory details (sight, taste,
  smell, touch, sound)

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Conflict

• The central problem in the story
• No good story can exist without some kind of
  conflict

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Person vs. person
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Person vs. Nature
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Person vs. Nature
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Characterization
DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION
THE READER IS TOLD DIRECTLY WHAT A CHARACTER IS
LIKE (NARRATORS COMMENTS) Ex. John was a
very selfish person. Ex. John is quite ugly!
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INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

• READERS IS SHOWN WHAT CHARACTERA ARE LIKE
• PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER CAN GIVE CLUES
  ABOUT THE CHARACTER
• CHARACTERS PRIVATE THOUGHTS FEELINGS REVEALED
• CHARACTERS MOTIVES (REASONS WHY CHARACTERS DO
  THINGSWHAT CAUSES BEHAVIOURS)
• CHARACTERS
• SPEECH, ACTION, THOUGHTS, FEELINGS OF OTHER
  CHARACTERS
• CHARACTERS EFFECTS ON OTHER CHARACTERS

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THEME

• An insight or idea about
• human life and human nature
• gives meaning to a story
• central message in a work of literature
• A subject of a work may be love.
• The theme of a love story may be love has the
  power to heal.

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SETTING

• simply the place, time, time of day, weather,
  time of year, etc.