如何写一个英文小故事.pptx

如何写一个英文小故事如何写一个英文小故事Definition of a Short StoryDefinition of a Short StoryTells about a single event Tells about a single event or experience or experience Fictional(not true)Fictional(not true)500 to 15,000 words in 500 to 15,000 words in lengthlengthIt has a beginning,It has a beginning,middle,and endmiddle,and endCreates an impression on Creates an impression on the readerthe reader第1页/共13页Elements of a Short StorySettingSettingCharacterizationCharacterizationPlotPlotConflictConflictClimaxClimaxResolutionResolutionThemeThemePoint of viewPoint of view第2页/共13页Short Story VocabularyShort Story VocabularySettingSetting:Tells the:Tells the reader where and reader where and when the story when the story takes place.takes place.第3页/共13页Short Story VocabularyShort Story VocabularyCharacterization:Characterization:Creation of imaginary Creation of imaginary people who appear to be people who appear to be real to the reader.The real to the reader.The writer gives information writer gives information about the characters in about the characters in the story.the story.第4页/共13页Short Story VocabularyShort Story VocabularyPlot:Plot:A series of A series of events through events through which the writer which the writer reveals what is reveals what is happening,to happening,to whom,and why.whom,and why.第5页/共13页Short Story VocabularyShort Story VocabularyConflict:Conflict:Is a Is a problem in the problem in the story that needs story that needs to be resolved.to be resolved.第6页/共13页Short Story VocabularyShort Story VocabularyClimax:Climax:When When the action comes the action comes to its highest to its highest point of conflict.point of conflict.第7页/共13页Short Story VocabularyShort Story VocabularyResolution:Resolution:The The storys action storys action after the climax after the climax until the end of until the end of the story.The the story.The“conclusion”of“conclusion”of the story.the story.第8页/共13页Short Story VocabularyShort Story VocabularyTheme:Theme:The The storys main ideas.storys main ideas.The“message”The“message”the writer the writer intends to intends to communicate by communicate by telling the story.telling the story.第9页/共13页Short Story VocabularyShort Story VocabularyPoint of view:Point of view:The position of The position of the narrator of the narrator of the story and the story and what the writer what the writer sees from that sees from that vantage point.vantage point.第10页/共13页Elements of a Short StorySettingSettingCharacterizationCharacterizationPlotPlotConflictConflictClimaxClimaxResolutionResolutionThemeThemePoint of viewPoint of view第11页/共13页Great writers are able to use the elements of the short story with such precision that the reader is caught up in the action of the story.This is a mark of a good story and our goal as a writer.第12页/共13页感谢您的观看。感谢您的观看。第13页/共13页