Elements of a story

 

Short Story Element	What is it?	Example
Plot	Is the resume of the story	The story talks about one boy and his tree. Since he was child, always take things of the tree, and it give him all that it could, it apples, it brances, it trunk, but always the boy are unconformed, so he looking for something more in the tree. Finally when the tree hasn't no more to give to the boy, he die in the base of the tree.
Theme	Is the type of story, like terror, drama, romance, etc.	This story has a metaphore, because it said, that neighter we are happy with the things that we have and always we want more and more.
Conflict	Is the problem that story talk about?	The conflict was the actitude of the boy, because above all the things that the tree give him, he never be happy and each time that he need something he remember the tree and looking for more things.
Setting	It answer the questions, where, when, how... happen the story.	Where: was in an old forest. When: was since the boy was a child until his dead. How: because the boy's mother give him the tree and teach to him that always have to play with it.
Characters	Are... who's acting in the story.	The mean chararcters are the boy and the tree, and as a second character could be identify the boy's mother.
Point of view	Is the type of narrator, it could be:Innocent Eye, Stream of Consciousness, First Person or Omniscient	The narrator has an omniscient point of view, because he could see and know everything happen but never enter in the story as a character.