ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY

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ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY
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CHARACTERS

• THE PEOPLE OR ANIMALS IN A STORY WHO ARE
  INVOLVED IN SOME KIND OF STRUGGLE.

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PLOT

• THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN A STORY

• A STORY NEEDS CONFLICT, OR A STRUGGLE, TO DRIVE
  THE PLOT.
• THE CLIMAX IS THE POINT WHERE TENSION IS THE
  GREATEST.

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POINT OF VIEW

• THE VANTAGE POINT FROM WHICH A STORY IS TOLD
• OMNISCIENT WHEN THE NARRATOR KNOWS EVERYTHING
  THAT IS GOING ON IN A STORY
• FIRST PERSON WHEN THE STORY IS TOLD BY ONE OF
  THE CHARACTERS USING THE PRONOUN I

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THEME

• THE IDEA ABOUT LIFE REVEALED IN A WORK OF
  LITERATURE.