REVIEW - ELEMENTS OF SHORT STORY

It refers to how the author arranges events to develop the basic idea; it is the sequence of events in a story or play.

• Conflict

• Characters

• Plot

• Point of View

This is a small, single event that gives birth or leads to the conflict.

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Climax

• Inciting Incident

Essential to plot, opposition ties incidents together and moves the plot.

• Characters

• Characterization

• Conflict

• Point of View

As the story unfolds, the events become complicated; the conflict is gradually developed.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Resolution

In this part, the resolution begins; events and complications start to fall into place.

• Resolution

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

 A character battling inner demons, one who has an inner moral conflict (e.g., Hamlet), or is simply striving to become a better person is in this type of conflict.

• Character vs. character

• Character vs. self

• Character vs. technology

• Character vs. supernatural

Vampires, werewolves, aliens, ghosts and any typically unbelievable, supernatural, or inexplicable phenomena.

• Character vs. self

• Character vs. technology

• Character vs. supernatural

• Character vs. society

He was known for his critical role in the development of the dramatic structure used in plot.

• William Shakespeare

• Gustav Freytag

• Khalil Gibran

• Lafcadio Hearn

This can be identified by the pronoun that the narrator uses to recount events.

• Point of View

• Character

• Conflict

• Plot

The narrator is free to narrate the thoughts, feelings, and actions as they shift from one character to another.

• First Person POV

• Second Person POV

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient