how to write a short story
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Elements of a Short Story
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Definition of a Short Story
Tells about a single event or experience Fictional (not true)500 to 15,000 words in lengthIt has a beginning, middle, and endCreates an impression on the reader
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Elements of a Short Story
SettingCharacterizationPlotConflictClimaxResolutionThemePoint of view
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Short Story Vocabulary
Setting:Tells the reader where and when the story takes place.
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Short Story Vocabulary
Characterization: Creation of imaginary people who appear to be real to the reader. The writer gives information about the characters in the story.
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Short Story Vocabulary
Plot: A series of events through which the writer reveals what is happening, to whom, and why.
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Short Story Vocabulary
Conflict: Is a problem in the story that needs to be resolved.
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Short Story Vocabulary
Climax: When the action comes to its highest point of conflict.
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Short Story Vocabulary
Resolution: The story’s action after the climax until the end of the story. The “conclusion” of the story.
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Short Story Vocabulary
Theme: The story’s main ideas. The “message” the writer intends to communicate by telling the story.
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Short Story Vocabulary
Point of view: The position of the narrator of the story and what the writer sees from that vantage point.
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Elements of a Short Story
SettingCharacterizationPlotConflictClimaxResolutionThemePoint of view
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Great writers are able to use the elements of the short story with such precision that the reader is caught up in the action of the story. This is a mark of a good story and our goal as a writer.