elements of a short story by:Maggie
External conflict:
struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character, which drives the dramatic action of the plot
Atmosphere:Atmosphere is the feeling created by mood and tone.
climax: the most exiting or intense part of the story
internal conflict: psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character, the resolution of which creates the plot's suspense:
Antagonist: a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary
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characterization: A description of the nature of features of someone or something.
the creation or construction of a fictional character.
protagonist: the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
foreshadowing: a warning or indication of (a future event).
Irony:the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
verbal irony:Verbal Irony is when words express something contrary to truth or someone says the opposite of what they really feel or mean. Verbal irony is often sarcastic.
Dramatic irony: dramatic irony is defined as when an audience watching a play understands what's going on in a situation while the characters are unaware of what is happening
situational irony:Situational irony is a literary device that you can easily identify in literary works. Simply, it occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead.
plot:the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
chronological:(of a record of events) starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred.
Flashback: a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.
point of view:(in fictional writing) the narrator's position in relation to a story being told
first person narrative:A first-person narrative is a mode of storytelling in which a narrator relays events from their own point of view
Third person narrative: Any story told in the grammatical third person, i.e. without using "I" or "we": "he did that, they did something else."
omniscient:knowing everything.
"the story is told by an omniscient narrator"
limited omniscient: the narrator relates only their own thoughts, feelings, and knowledge about various situations and the other characters.
objective:(of a person or their judgment) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.
Resolution: firm decision to do or not to do something.
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Setting:the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.
the place and time at which a play, novel, or film is represented as happening.
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Suspense:a quality in a work of fiction that arouses excited expectation or uncertainty about what may happen.
a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
Symbol mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation