Elements of a Short Story

Elements of a Short Story

1. Theme

2. Point of View

3. Setting

4. Plot

5. Characters

Multiple Choice

Q1. What is a theme?

• A central message, concern, or insight into life expressed through a literary work.

• The time and location in which a story takes place.

• In a story, the point of view is the angle from which the story is told.

Multiple Choice

Q2. What is a plot?

• Characters are the people, animals or objects found in the story.

• A plot tells the series of events in a story.

• Refers to place, time, weather conditions, social conditions, mood or atmosphere.

• It may be stated directly or implied

Multiple Choice

Q3. What is a setting?

• It can be expressed by one or two sentence statement about human beings or values in life.

• It can be expressed by one or two sentence statement about human beings or values in life.

• Characterisation is the information the author gives the reader about the characters in the story.

• The time and location in which a story takes place.

Multiple Choice

Q4. What are characters?

• A central message, concern, or insight into life expressed through a literary work.

• The time and location in which a story takes place.

• A plot tells the series of events in a story.

• Characters are the people, animals or objects found in the story.

Multiple Choice

Q5. What is a point of view?

• Characters are the people, animals or objects found in the story.

• It may be stated directly or implied

• In a story, the point of view is the angle from which the story is told.

• The time and location in which a story takes place.