Short Stories - Discussion: Bymrs. Alicia Solivio
Short Stories - Discussion: Bymrs. Alicia Solivio
DISCUSSION
BY MRS. ALICIA SOLIVIO
ELEMENTS OF THE SHORT STORY
1. Setting
2. Characters
3. Point of View
• 1st person POV
• 3rd person limited POV
• 3rd person omniscient POV
4. Plot
• Introduction/Exposition/Basic Situation
• Rising Action; complications
• Conflict (Internal – man vs. himself; external – man vs. man,
man vs. nature, man vs. society)
• Climax
• Falling Action/denoument
• Resolution; ending
5. Symbols
6. Theme
THE SADNESS COLLECTOR
Open your books and listen to the dramatic reading of the story.
AMERICAN GOTHIC
ELEMENTS: THE TELL-TALE HEART