Review

Team Story Game.

Each person is only allowed to say one sentence and must
continue the story. The first player in line begins the story by saying
“Once upon a time…” and completes the sentence. The next person in
line must continue the story and have it make sense. This process
continues until it reaches the last person in the team’s line. The last
person in line must conclude the story in one sentence as well.
SHORT STORY
and its Elements
 SHORT STORY defined…
•a short work of fiction which can be
read at a single sitting

•usually written in narrative

form
•a story with a fully
developed theme but
significantly shorter and less
elaborated than a novel
 Elements:
1. Setting- the time and
location in which a story
takes place
• place
• time
• weather conditions
• social conditions
• mood or atmosphere
2. Character - a person, or sometimes even an
animal, who takes part in the action of a short
story.

Short stories use few characters:

•Protagonist
•Antagonist
3. Plot- a series of events and character that
has a beginning, middle, and end. The short
story usually has one plot so it can be read in
one sitting.

•Introduction
•Rising Action
•Climax / Turning Point
•Falling Action
•Resolution / Denouement
•Introduction - The beginning of the story where
the characters and the setting are revealed.

•Rising Action - This is where the events in the

story become complicated and the conflict in
the story is revealed (events between the
introduction and climax).

•Climax / Turning Point - This is

the highest point of interest and the
turning point of the story. The reader
wonders what will happen next; will the conflict
be resolved or not?
•Falling Action- The events and complications
begin to resolve themselves. The reader
knows what has happened next and if the
conflict was resolved or not (events between
climax and denouement).

•Resolution / Denouement –
This is the final outcome or
untangling of events in the
story.
4. Conflict-a struggle between two people or
things in a short story.
Two types of conflict:
•External- A struggle with a force outside one's
self.
•Internal- A struggle within
one's self; a person must
make some decision, overcome
pain, quiet their temper, resist
an urge, etc.
5. Theme- the central idea or belief in a short
story. It is the author's underlying meaning or
main idea that he is trying to convey.
Some simple examples of common themes from
literature, TV, and film are:
· Things are not always as
they appear to be
· Love is blind
· Believe in yourself
· People are afraid of change
· Don't judge a book by its cover
6. Point of View- defined as the angle or
perspective from which the story is told.

•First Person: The story

is told by the protagonist
or another character that
Interacts closely with the
protagonist or other characters
(using first person pronouns “I”,
“me”, “we”, etc).
•Second Person: (not used very often) The
main character in the story is referred to
using the second person pronoun “you”.

•Third Person: The story

is told using a narrator who
is located outside of the
action of the story and uses
third person pronouns such as
“he”, “she”, “his”, “her”, “they”
etc.
•SETTING
•CHARACTER
•PLOT
•CONFLICT
•THEME
•POINT OF VIEW