Grade 10 Short Stories

​Learning About Short Storie

A short story is a brief work of fiction.

The events that make up the action: introduction, rising action, climax,

and falling action.

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​Plot

​Conflict

• ​External conflict: a struggle between two characters, a character and a group, or a character and a force

• Internal conflict: a struggle within the mind of a character

​Character

An individual who participates in the action.

• Direct characterization: developed through statements about a

character’s personality, habits, goals, values, or beliefs

• Indirect characterization: developed through a character’s words,

thoughts, actions, and interaction

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​Setting

The time and place of the action

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​Theme

The central message or insight about life in a story

• Stated theme: expressed directly by the author

• Implied theme: suggested indirectly through characters’ experiences or events and setting

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