What Elements Makes Up A Short Story? What is a short story? What are the criteria necessary for a short story? What makes a good short story? After lengthy debates between many groups we¡¦ve decided that it can not be decided by consensus, but by what we feel a short story must contain; different people may have different perspectives of this. This essay is devoted to portraying my group¡¦s conclusion to what a …showed first 75 words of 1338 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1338 total…Other may disagree with our selection of critical criteria, but this is what we perceive constructs a short story. Critical Criteria „h Suspense „h Plot „h Object „h Timeline Critical Criteria for a Good Story „h At least one character „h Setting „h Theme „h Conflict „h Attempted resolution of conflict Stories: (Man and His World) „h Mr. Know-All pg. 432 „h The Secret Life of Walter Mitty pg. 87 „h By the Waters of Babylon pg. 237