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Elements of a Short Story : - Coggle Diagram
Elements of a Short Story
:
Point of view
Points of views of the storyteller
Third person:
Omniscient
First person:
Personal pronoun
Innocent Eye:
Story Through a Child
Stream of consciousness
Reader sits inside character.
Second person:
Objective
There are two main types
Nonparticipant point of view:
Observer
Participant point of view:
Character
Conflict
Essential to plot.
Internal.
Make a decisión.
Overcome pain.
Fight within oneself.
Calm, resist, urge.
External.
Heart
One's self.
Mind.
Types of sub-conflict
Person Vs. Circumstances.
Person vs. Society (social).
Person Vs. Circumstances.
Person vs. Himself / Herself.
Character
Writers develop.
May reveal:
Direct.
Characters Types
Round
Developing
Protagonist
Flat
Dynamic
Static
Archetype
Anti-hero
Antagonist
Indirect.
Conversation.
Physical description
Reaction to events.
Actions.
Thoughts.
Others to the character.
Plot
Five basic components.
Climax
Falling action
Rising action
Resolution
Introduction
Two types of plot.
Progressive plot
Episodical Plot
Setting
Describes
why is important in a plot?
Place can change as the story progress
Place give the opportunity to know the character is.
The place you will set contribute to the mood and tone
Place
Enviroment, etc.
Time
Theme
There are several figures of speech:
Metaphor:
Comparing two different objects or things
Simile:
Comparison between things or objects using "like" or "like".
Hyperbole:
Extreme exaggeration
Allusion:
The act of alluding is making indirect reference
Irony:
The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.
Symbol:
Defined is any object, person, event, gesture, place, date, color, etc.