“The short story is usually concerned with a single effect conveyed in only one or a few significant episodes or scenes. The form encourages the economy of setting, concise narrative, and the omission of a complex plot; character is disclosed in action and dramatic encounter but is seldom fully developed. Despite its relatively limited scope, though, a short story is often judged by its ability to provide a “complete” or satisfying treatment of its characters and subject” in a limited literary piece.  (Britannica)

HANDOUTS: 

Short Story Elements (Study for Test)

TYPES OF CONFLICT

PLOT 

The Plot ‘Rollercoaster’