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Elements of a Short Story
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Setting
Where and when a story takes place. Setting = Time + Location
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Exposition
Background information on the characters and setting that is explained at the beginning of the story.
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Rising Action
Events that introduce the central conflict (problem), and lead up to the climax of the story.
The central conflict is also called the inciting incident.
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Climax
The point in the story where the conflict and the plot are resolved. The high point of the story!!
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Falling Action
The end of the central conflict. The events after the climax that lead up to the resolution.
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Resolution
The end of the story. What happened after the conflict is resolved!!
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Plot
The way events are ordered in a story. ALL of the action in a story creates the plot!
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Conflict
The problem faced by the characters in a story—can be internal or external
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Theme
The point/purpose/main idea of the overall story. Why the author wrote it.