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Short Story Elements
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Short Story Elements
Characters
Setting

Theme
Point of View
Conflict
Plot
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Plot
Plot is the literary element that describes the
structure of a story. It shows arrangement of
events and actions within a story.
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Plot Components
Climax the turning point, the most intense
momenteither mentally or in action
Rising Action the series of conflicts and crisis
in the story that lead to the climax
Falling Action all of the action which follows
the climax
Exposition the start of the story, the
situation before the action starts
Resolution the conclusion, the tying together of
all of the threads
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Plot Conflict

• Conflict is the dramatic struggle between two
  forces in a story. Without conflict, there is no
  plot.

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Plot Types of Conflict
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One day a big bad wolf decided to have him some
pigs for supper. So he went to each house huffing
and puffing. He was threatening to blow their
house down.
The three little pigs lived happily ever after in
the sturdy brick house.
3. Middle
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The wolf blew down the first two houses. One was
made of straw and the other of sticks. He then
came to the house made of bricks. The three
brothers were so frightened!
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Climax
4. Falling Action
The wolf blew and blew but couldn't blow the
house down. He finally gave up.
2. Rising Action
Once upon a time there were three little pigs who
were brothers. They each lived in their own house.
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1. Beginning
5. End
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Characters
Who or what the story is about. There is
usually always one or two main characters.
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Setting
Where and when the story takes place.
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Point of View
The angle from which the story is being told.
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Theme
What is the author's meaning of the story. What
lesson are you learning?