elements of a short story

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1、Elements(n.要素；元素)ofaShortStoryPlot（n.情节）:Thestoryline(n.故事情节)ororganizationofincidents（n.事件）inastoryiscalledtheplot.Itconsistsofepisodes【'epə.səud】（一段情节；片段）andconflict（n.冲突；矛盾）.Plotsusuallyhave:1.Exposition（n.说明）2.Complication（n.纠纷）3.RisingAction4.Climax（n.高潮）5.FallingAction6.ResolutionTheexpos

2、itionisthebackground（n.背景）informationprovidedbytheauthor（n.作家）to“setthestage”(v.设置舞台布景或场所)forthestory.Thecomplicationistheincidentwhichinitiates【i'niʃieit】（创始；介绍加入）(orintroduces)themain（adj.主要的）conflict.TherisingactionistheseriesofincidentsthatbuiltformthecomplicationandleaduptotheclimaxTheclim

3、axisthehighestpointofemotional（adj.感情的；情绪的）intensity（强度）【[in'tensiti】inastory.Itisusuallytheturningpointandmajorcrisis（危机）ofthestory.Thefallingactionisthepartofthestoryimmediatelyaftertheclimaxuntiltheendofthestory(theconclusion（结尾）).Theresolutionishowthestoryends.Conflict:Aconflictisastruggle（

4、n.斗争，挣扎，竞争）betweenopposing（n.对立的）charactersorforces（n.力量；暴力；影响力）.Allconflictsareeitherexternal（adj.外来的，外部的）(physical)orinternal（adj.内部的）(emotional,moral,psychological.)Thereare3maintypesofconflict.1)Charactervs.Environment(nature,society,circumstance.)2)Charactervs.Character(canbephysical,emoti

5、onal,moral,orpsychological)3)Charactervs.Self(aconflictemotional

6、thoughtwithin（prep.在….里面adv.在内adj.在里面的）acharacter)Character:Aterm（n.术语）whichreferstothefictional（adj.虚构的，小说的）personswhocarryouttheactionofastory.CharacterSketch（n.对某人或某一型人物特性之简短文学特写，人物速写）:Adescription（n.描述；刻画）ofacharacter’spersona

7、lity（n.个性）

8、characterusingnouns,adjectives,andusuallydescribethecharacter’sphysical（adj.身体的）appearance(n.外貌；外表)anddress.Characterization（n.刻画；特写）:Themethodofpresentingthespecialqualities（n.品质；才能；特质）orfeatures（n.容貌；特征）ofacharacterinaliterary（adj.文学的）work.Basically（adv.基本上；主要地）,thestorywilleitherr

9、eveal（vt.显示；透露，展现）characterdirectly(throughtheauthor’scomments（n.评论；注解）)orindirectly(throughthecharacter’sspeech,thoughts,andactions.)DynamicCharacter:Acharacterwhoundergoes(vt.经历；经受)asignificant（adj.重要的；意味深长的）,lasting（adj.永久的）cha