elements of the short story

• Setting refers to place, time, weather condition, social condition, and even mood or atmosphere.
• Plot is the sequence of events in a story or play.
• The plot is a planned, logical series of events having a beginning, middle and end.
• The short story usually has one plot, and it could be read in one sitting.
• Exposition/Introduction in the plot is where the setting and the characters are revealed.
• Rising Action in the plot is where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed.
• Climax in the plot is the turning point of the story and the highest point of interest.
• Falling Action in the plot is where the problems and complications begin to be resolved.
• Denouement in the plot is the final outcome or untangling of events in the story.
• External conflict in a plot refers to outside forces that may cause conflict, like another human being, circumstances, environment, etc.
• Internal conflict in a plot refers to a struggle within oneself.
• Character in a plot can refer to the person in a work of fiction and the characteristics of a person.
• The character may be the protagonist, the good-natured character, or the antagonist, the opponent of the main character.
• Point of view in a plot is the angle from which the story is told.
• Theme in a plot is the controlling idea or value in a piece of fiction.
• The theme may be the author's idea about a topic or view of human nature.