Question

Identify elements of a short story that a critic might comment on.

Answer 1

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> Here are some which i used to do during School Days

1st :Characters and how we get to know them:
1. Through the author's physical description of them
2. Their actions
3. Their words
4. Their inner thoughts
5. Through what other characters say and think about them

2nd: Plot - A pattern of events that develops from the interactions between characters.

A plot is a pattern of events in a cause and effect relationship.
1. Cause - Things that make something happen.
2. Effect - What happens because something was done.

3rd: Conflicts - The problems the characters encounter. Their conflicts can be:
1. External - conflict with others and with nature
2. Internal - conflict within themselves

4th : Setting - Time and place of the story

5th: Theme - The meaning behind the events and the characters' actions.


6th; Narrative - The Point of View and Verbal tense of the narrator. How much the narrator intrudes into the story.


Finally, Style of Writing - Rhetorical devices, word choice, and sentence structure.


Plot Outline:
1. Exposition: the background or introductory information that the reader must have in order to understand the story.

2. Rising Action - all of the events that take place leading up to the climax.

3. Climax - The turning point. Here the story is turned in a different direction, toward the conclusion, which is the wrapping up of the story.

4. Falling Action - The immediate reaction to the climax.

5. Denouement - The conclusion of the plot. Loose ends are tied up.


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Answer 2

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