Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Elements of a short story - Coggle Diagram
Elements of a short story
Plot
Exposition (Introduction)
Beginning of the story
Background
Setting revealed
Characters
Rising action
Conflict
Essential to plot, opposition ties incidents together and moves the plot
Internal
Character vs self
External
Character vs nature
Character vs society
Character vs character
Climax
Turning point of the story
Main character accepts this information
Main character recieves new information
Main character acts on this information
Falling actions
Resolution begins; events and complications start to fall into place.
Resolution
Final outcome of events in the story
Setting
is very important to some authors
Place
Time
Weather conditiones
Social conditiones
Mood or atmosphere
Character
Two Meanings
Person in a fictional story
Qualities of a person
Can be a:
Protagonist
Center of the story
Major events are importante to this character
Antagonist
Enemy of Protagonist
His characteristics can be revealed through:
His physical appearance
What he says, thinks, feels , does and dreams
What others say and how they react to him
Characters can be:
Flat
One dimensional character
Dynamic
Does go through changes through the story
Static
Dont go through change
Round
Fully developed personalities
That are affected by the evnts of the story
They can change, grow, deteriorate and learn through the story
Are most convincing when:
They resemble real persons by being consistent, motivated and life-like
Point of View
the angel in which the story is told
second person
story told by the narrator
who adress the reader and uses you
third person
story told by the narrator that sees all of the actions
pronouns
he - she - its - they - theirs - hers- his
omniscient
the narrator knows and sees everything
can move to ones character minds to another
Innocent eye
story told by child´s eye
stream of consciousness
story told so readers solely experience a character´s thoughts and reactions
limited
the easiest pov
funnels all the action through the eyes of a single character
First person
Story told by the protagonist
the readers expirience the story through this person eye and onely know its feelings
who interacts closely with the protegonist or other characters
uses the prounon I - me - we
Theme
Centrsl message
underlying meaning of a fictional piece
It is sometimes emphatised in the title
various fiigoures of speach may be utilized to highlight the theme
Like
Symbolism, Allusion, Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole or Irony
Examples of common themes
Things are not always as they appear to be
Love is blind
Believe in yourself
People are afraid of change
Don't judge a book by its cover