Question

I NEED HELP WRITING MY ESSAY...... i need to write a short story with the following

A clear setting – the time and place of the story
A plot – series of events that builds to a dramatic climax
A narrator to tell the story
Effective descriptions using sensory details
Dialogue to develop the characters
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Answer 1

Okay, you need to start by just writing down random topics. I think that you can do that :D
For example:
Your pet (if you have one)
Your sibling (if you have one)
A day in your life, with perhaps your friends as supporting characters.
Here is a link that I think you might find helpful in choosing a topic:
http://www.creative-writing-now.com/short-story-topics.html
Have you ever been in an accident, had a fire drill when you were little, or lost your pet? Those are all very dramatic events. I'm not saying that your story must be true, but you might very well find it easy to base it on your experiences!
Now, when I think of sensory details, I think of something like this: "..With her auburn hair bouncing with every step, her nymph-like feet prancing across the grass sprinkled with dew."
Finally, for dialogue, have you ever thought of what you use as a conversation starter? Begin with something like that, and let the words flow!

Please don't second guess your words. Just WRITE, and look over your ideas after you've finished.

Source: Maintaining an "A" average in High School English :)

Answer 2

ya i just dont no how to like writ a clear setting and stuff

Answer 3

Okay, after I'm done with my math homework I will help you with that. :)

Answer 4

thanks so much

Answer 5

@jayden12 let me help you with this before I have to go to sleep:

Let's come up with a setting. First, you M-U-S-T know what a setting is:
http://www.ehow.com/how_5932257_analyze-setting-literature.html

Answer 6

ok

Answer 7

I'll be right with you, just give me about a quarter hour.

Answer 8

Perfect, I've found what I need to help you Jayden: Setting
The physical and sometimes the moral or spiritual background against which the action of a story takes place is called its setting. Many people think that setting applies chiefly to geographical location. However, setting involves other things besides place. The time period, the occupations and living habits of the characters, and the general environment--the moral, religious, social, and political conditions in the background of the story--all are aspects of setting. Finally, the atmosphere, or mood, of the story is also important to its setting. The atmosphere is the overall feeling of the story. In other words, the atmosphere might be cheerful, gloomy, frightening, or sad.

In order to determine the setting, a reader needs to ask such questions as these: Is anything important happening at the time of this story? Does the story take place in a free or restricted society? What are the laws and customs of the society?

Setting is not of equal importance in all stories, but it should always be considered. In some stories, the author may depict life in some remote region of a country or of a world. In such a case, the setting may be the most important element of the story. Setting also places limits on what the reader can expect to happen. One would not expect to find a radio or a delivery truck in a story about the Civil War. If a setting is realistic, the reader tends to expect that the event of the plot also will be realistic and believable. If a setting is fantastic and unrealistic, as in a fairy tale, the reader is more willing to accept improbable, unrealistic events in the plot.

Whether the setting is the most important element of a story or only a backdrop for the plot or characters, it is always important and should be analyzed and understood.

Answer 9

This is from my school. Now: I will give you examples:

Answer 10

Spring had come. The people moving to and fro were gaily chattering. Behind the fences of the little gardens, the buds on the trees were swelling, and their branches rustled faintly in the fresh breeze. Youth and gladness were in the sky and on the earth and in the heart of man.

Answer 11

From To Build a Fire

By Jack London
He had hoped to get into camp with the boys at six o'clock, and this would delay him an hour, for he would have to build a fire and dry out his foot-gear. This was very important at this low temperature--he knew that much; and he turned aside to the bank, which he climbed. On top, tangled in the underbrush about the trunks of several small spruce trees, was a high-water deposit of dry firewood--sticks and twigs mostly, but also larger pieces of weathered branches and fine, dry, last-year's grasses. He threw down several large pieces on top of the snow. This served for a foundation and prevented the young flame from drowning itself in the snow it otherwise would melt. The flame he got by touching a match to a small shred of birch-bark that he took from his pocket. This burned even more readily than paper. Placing it on the foundation, he fed the young flame with wisps of dry grass and with the tiniest dry twigs.

He worked slowly and carefully, keenly aware of his danger. Gradually, as the flame grew stronger, he increased the size of the twigs with which he fed it. He squatted in the snow, pulling the twigs out from their entanglement in the brush and feeding directly to the flame. He knew there must be no failure. When it is seventy-five below zero, a man must not fail in his first attempt to build a fire--that is, if his feet are wet. If his feet are dry, and he fails, he can run along the trail for half a mile and restore his circulation. But the circulation of wet and freezing feet cannot be restored by running when it is seventy-five below. No matter how fast he runs, the wet feet will freeze the harder.

Answer 12

So now, we can come up with a setting, right? Do you have a topic for me? I'd love to start.

Answer 13

All ears...

Answer 14

Or, would it be better for my to give you a topic example, so that you can know how I'm making the setting? I need some input! :D

Answer 15

ok well i was think that i would do a setting in my life about when i had my son

Answer 16

Okay, that sounds interesting.

It was a hot summer day, the worst one to have a child, because the intense heat of the blazing sun, coupled with the 95% humidity, caused Jayden distress...

Answer 17

...Jayden was in a nice, spacious condominium, nestled between two ancient oak trees, with blooming sunflowers in the windowsill.

Answer 18

All would have been well, if it weren't for the air conditioning system being broken.

Answer 19

When Jayden felt a kick, she knew it was time to drive to the hospital, it was thirty minutes away, but it would feel like thirty hours for her.

Answer 20

As she moseyed down the walkway to her two-year-old sedan, she glanced at her spaniel Cinco, who hopped in the back of the car her silky hair fluttering in the dry breeze

Answer 21

The drive was uneventful, as Jayden focused on her precious child. She finally drove into the emergency room parking lot, and she trudged through the automatic doors, breathing a sigh of relief as she felt cool air for the first time in 48 long and hot hours.

Answer 22

Her doctor, Deb Chang, was snacking on some dried apples when she saw Jayden walking to her, beads of sweat dripping off her forehead.

Answer 23

Deb immediately called for a hospital bed, kind with starchy sheets and a adjustable height.

Answer 24

It was now time for the delievery. Jayden barely noticed the blue and white tiles rushing past her as she was wheeled into the maternity ward.

Answer 25

For the first time, Deb asked her, "Are you okay? There is a record-breaking heat wave out there. The news at noon said that the temperature was 104 degrees!"

Answer 26

Jayden weakly replied, "I managed to stay in the shade. My husband had to leave for a business trip yesterday, but he purchased some ice for me in order to stay cool."

Answer 27

Deb said, "I'm looking at your file, and it says that you are not due to have your baby for another three weeks! It's okay, since he is fully developed, but I must ask: do you want an epidural to ease the pain?"

Answer 28

Jayden made a slight nod, but she wasn't feeling too well.

Answer 29

Deb knew that she had to act quickly to make sure that there weren't any complications. She finally entered the room and ordered the entire battery of medications for Jayden.

Answer 30

She slipped on her white gloves, went through the motions that she had done hundreds of times, and just fifty minutes later, at 11:02 a.m., came baby Ethan.

Answer 31

She ran and fished her gleaming white smartphone from her purse, and turned on a video-calling application.

Answer 32

Jayden had given her the husband's contact information in case he had to go out of town while she had the baby. Deb typed in TomSmart1981, and proceeded to call Tom.

Answer 33

Tom answered immediately, and Deborah handed the phone to Jayden, who smiled happily at her husband. All that she could say was, "It's a boy!"

Answer 34

Now, what do you think of that?

Answer 35

lol wow you have a good imagination lol

Answer 36

Thanks so much! I hope that this helped. Anymore questions?

Answer 37

lol no not yet i do have anouther one i have to do lol but im sure you wanna get to bed :)

Answer 38

It's okay, you're talking to a night owl :)

Answer 39

What's the other question?

Answer 40

If you need anymore help, just send me a message, and I will check first thing in the morning. Blessings to you, and I hope that you do well with your short story!

Answer 41

thanks :)