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Short Story Assignment

The document provides instructions for a class session focused on writing short stories, emphasizing the importance of taking notes and minimizing distractions. It outlines the definition and essential elements of a short story, including setting, characterization, plot, conflict, climax, resolution, theme, and point of view. Additionally, it specifies the requirements for the short story assignment, including formatting, length, and submission details.

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Short Story Assignment

The document provides instructions for a class session focused on writing short stories, emphasizing the importance of taking notes and minimizing distractions. It outlines the definition and essential elements of a short story, including setting, characterization, plot, conflict, climax, resolution, theme, and point of view. Additionally, it specifies the requirements for the short story assignment, including formatting, length, and submission details.

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Instructions for Today

Come in quietly.
Get out paper so you can take notes.
It does not matter if you use pen or
pencil as these notes are for your
use.
Clear your desks.
Put away all electronic devices and
anything else that may distract either
you or someone around you.
Thanks you.
Elements of a Short Story
Definition of a Short Story

• Tells about a single


event or experience
• Fictional (not true)
• 500 to 15,000 words in
length
• It has a beginning,
middle, and end
• Creates an impression
on the reader
Elements of a Short Story
• Setting
• Characterization
• Plot
• Conflict
• Climax
• Resolution
• Theme
• Point of view
Short Story Vocabulary

• Setting:Tells the
reader where and
when the story
takes place.
Short Story Vocabulary

• Characterizatio
n: Creation of
imaginary people who
appear to be real to the
reader. The writer gives
information about the
characters in the story.
Short Story Vocabulary

• Plot: A series of
events through
which the writer
reveals what is
happening, to
whom, and why.
Short Story Vocabulary

• Conflict: Is a
problem in the
story that needs
to be resolved.
Short Story Vocabulary

• Climax: When
the action comes
to its highest
point of conflict.
Short Story Vocabulary

• Resolution: The
story’s action
after the climax
until the end of
the story. The
“conclusion” of
the story.
Short Story Vocabulary

• Theme: The
story’s main
ideas. The
“message” the
writer intends to
communicate by
telling the story.
Short Story Vocabulary

• Point of view:
The position of
the narrator of
the story and
what the writer
sees from that
vantage point.
Elements of a Short Story
• Setting
• Characterization
• Plot
• Conflict
• Climax
• Resolution
• Theme
• Point of view
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.
Writing a Short Story
Your story must be;
•In MLA format
•500-700 words long Strictly Please!
•Presented in class.
•School appropriate
•Turned in to Google Classroom and Turnitin.com by
November 13th by 11:59 pm
•Presented on November 14th in class.
– You may either print or present from your phones, you
will not beallowed to use a chromebook to present.
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