Short story elements

when the audience knows more than the characters do

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• irony

• situational irony

How the conflict is resolved.

• climax

• resolution

• theme

• falling action

clues that hint at future events 

• setting

• climax

• resolution

• foreshadowing

A brief work that can be read in one sitting. It presents and resolves a conflict 

• novel

• triology

• short story

People and animals who take part in the action.

• antagonist

• character

• protagonist

The highest point of interest or suspense in a story.

• falling action

• climax

• plot

• resolution

An object that represents a larger idea

• symbolism

• flashback

• situational irony

 The series of events that happen in a story 

• setting

• theme

• plot

(Person vs. Person, Person vs. Nature, Person vs. Society, Person vs. technology) a character struggles with some external force, such as another character, weather, or a societal belief.

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• plot

• theme

the reason why a character does something.

• characterization

• motivation

• dynamic character