The Short Story

What is it?
  Can be read in one sitting
(anywhere from 30 minutes to 2
hours)
 Usually ranges from 1000 to 4000
words (Some up to 20 000 words)
It is a story that  Fictional (not true)
is short  Creates an impression on the
reader
  Usually focuses on:
 One plot
 One setting
 One main character
Literary  Few minor characters
Elements of a  One central theme
Short Story
 Short stories still have fully
developed themes, they are just
significantly shorter and less
elaborate than in novels
 Ernest
Hemmingway’s
For sale: baby
famous short
short story shoes, never worn.