Question

name three characteristics of a short story. Name three types of conflict found in stories. Name the three types of characters and a brief description of each one. What two conditions make up the setting of a short story?

Answer 1

Hey! The answer your teacher is looking for might be subjective. That said, my response might not be correct even if it's valid.

Characteristics:

* Story presents clear, fast worldbuilding

* Story can convey a comprehensive theme in a short period of time

* Story has a concise narrative without dragging / rushing through key points.

Conflict:

A 2004 book by Christopher Booker lists 7 widely recognized archetypes for storytelling:

Overcoming the Monster

Rags to Riches

The Quest

Voyage and Return

Comedy

Tragedy

Rebirth

I'm gonna assume you can guess the conflict(s) of each archetype based on the names; just choose three of them.

Characters:

This is very subjective, but the most obvious answer is a protagonist, antagonist, and static / flat character (doesn't change throughout the story, serves some kind of supporting role).

Conditions:

Time and place; since it's such a simple answer, your teacher probably wants you to explain how these factors affect character behavior / the progression of a story.

I hope this helped!