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Short Story Elements

• A short story contains the elements of setting, characters,

conflict, events, climax, and resolution, as do novels and

novellas.

• A short story usually has only a few characters, who are

developed in detail but not in as much depth as in a longer work.

• A short story usually has only one theme.

• A short story is not usually long enough to have subplots.

LaBamba Vocabulary

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limelight (p. 195): spotlight; focus of public attention (from the

type of stage lighting used in the nineteenth century)

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talent (p. 195): natural ability

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applause (p. 195): approval expressed by the clapping of hands

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audience (p. 197): spectators at a performance

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pantomime (p. 198): communicate by gesture or facial expression,

without using words

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cast (p. 198): actors in a play, movie, or other presentation

Time Clue Words 

Most stories are told in chronological, or time, order. Paying attention to a story's sequence can help you remember & summaraize the most important parts. Words called TIME CLUES signal the order in which events occur. They also signal memories or flashbacks - interruptions in the regular flow of events by episodes that took place earlier. 

first          before          finally          while

second      after             now             when

next          meanwhile   then             later