Short Story Conventions

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• round, many sided and complex personalities

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• dynamic, many sided personalities that change, for better or worse, by the end of the story

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• stereotypes, have one or two characteristics that never change and are emphasized e.g. brilliant detective, drunk, scrooage, cruel stepmother etc.

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• geographical location. Where is the action of the story taking place

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• when is the story taking place? (historical period, time of day,year,etc)

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• is it rainy, sunny, stormy ect?

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• what is the daily life of the characters like? does the story contain local colour (writing tha focuses on the speech, dress, mannerisms, customs, ect. of a particular place)?

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• what feeling is created at the beginning of the story? is it bright and cheerful or dark and frightening?

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• th beginning of the story where the characters and the setting is revealed

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• this is where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed (events between the introduction and climax)

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• this is the highest point intrest and the turning point in the story. the reader wonders what will happen next; will the conflict be resolved or not.

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• the events and complications begin to resolve themselves. the reader knows what has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not (events between climax and denouement)

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• this is the final outcome or untangling of events in the story.

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• a struggle witha force outside ones self

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• a struggle with in ones self; a person must make some decision, overcome pain, quiet their temper, resist an urge, ect.

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• (physical) - the leading character struggles with his physical strength against other men, forces of nature, or animals

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• (classical) - the leading character struggles against fate, or the circumstances of life facing him/her

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• (social) - the leading character struggles against ideas, practices, or customs of other people

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• (psychological) - the leading character struggles with himself/herself, with his/her own soul, ideas of right and wrong, physical limitations, choice, ect.