short story introduction

a brief work of fiction where, usually, the main character faces a conflict that is worked out in the plot of the story

One plot
One setting
One theme
Few main characters
Can be read in one sitting

a person in a story, poem or play.

Round- fully developed, has many different character traits
Flat- stereotyped, one-dimensional, few traits
Static – Does not change
Dynamic – Changes as a result of the story's events

what the character does or says
what others say of and to the character
What others think of the character
author’s word choice in descriptive passages

Main character of the story that changes
(death is not a change)
the most important character
changes and grows because of experiences in the story

Internal – takes place in a character’s own mind
Man vs. Him(Her)self
External – a character struggles against an outside force
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. technology, progress
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Supernatural

Series of related events that make up a story.

Section that introduces characters, the setting, and conflicts.