Types of Short Stories and Multimodal Texts

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  • A brief account of something interesting and often humorous whose purpose is to support a point.
    Anecdote
  • A short story of about 100 words whose main purpose is to test the author's skill.
    Drabble
  • A funny short story that ends in a pun.
    Feghoot
  • A short story featuring anthropomorphic creatures, usually animals, whose narrative reveals some kind of a moral point at the end.
    Fable
  • Stories that are shorten than 1000 words, also called micro-fiction.
    Flash Fiction
  • A piece of writing that doesn't typically contain a plot.
    Sketch
  • A short scene which can be part of a larger body of work.
    Vignette
  • Type of a text combining words and images, also called graphic novels.
    Comics
  • Typically for children, illustrations are more important than the words in telling the story.
    Picture books
  • A large printed picture usually for decoration or to advertise something.
    Poster
  • A visual representation of a film sequence and breaks down the action into individual panels.
    Storyboard
  • Variety of technologies that facilitate the sharing of ideas and information among their users.
    Social media
  • Act of telling a story using words or actions.
    Oral Storytelling
  • A public oral recitation or performance of poetry.
    Poem recitation
  • Typically available as a series of pre-recoded talk-radio shows that users can download to their computer or mobile devices.
    Podcast
  • Series of still photographs on film, projected in rapid succession onto a screen by means of light.
    Films