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Elements of a Short Story
The short story mode includes these elements: plot and conflict, point of view, characterization, setting, and dialogue.
Plot
The plot is the sequence of events and actions that get the characters in the story from point A to point B, then to point C, and so on.
5. Use the Plot Diagram graphic organizer below to sketch out the plot of “A Hundred Bucks of Happy.” Include notes about the conflict in the story. Notice that the main character in “A Hundred Bucks of Happy” faces both internal and external conflicts.
Plot Diagram
Conflict
Exposition
Point of View
Stories are often told from either a first-person or a third person point of view.
6. Underline or highlight the language in the story that reveals the point of view.
7. How would the story be different if the author had used a different point of view?
Characterization
Characterization is the way the writer reveals the personality of a character.
8. What does the reader know about the narrator, Chris? Add your findings to the Characterization graphic organizer, or create a graphic organizer of your own.
Climax
Resolution
Writing Workshop 4 • Narrative Writing: Short Story 7
Falling Action
Rising Action
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