ELEMENTS OF SHORT STORY

1. Plot. It is the sequence of incidents or events of which a story is composed.Example: "The Life of Cardo" by Amador T. Daguio

2. Character. Reading for character is more difficult than reading for a plot, for character is much more complex, varied, and ambiguous.

3. Theme. It is the controlling idea or the central insight in a literary work.

4. Symbol and Irony. A literary symbol is something that means more than what it is. Irony is a term with a range of meanings, all of them involving some sort of discrepancy or incongruity.

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3 Kinds of Ironya. Verbal Irony is a figure of speech in which the

opposite is said from what is intended.b. Dramatic Irony is the contrast between what

a character says and what the reader knows to be true.

c. Irony of Situation is the discrepancy between appearance and reality, between expectation and fulfillment, or between what is said and what would seem appropriate.

5. Language and Style. Language refers to the idiom used and how it is used. Style, on the other hand, is term which may refer to the precise use of language, both literary and figuratively; it may refer to the total working out of the short story, taking all the other elements (character, plot, theme, setting) into consideration.