Short Story Element by Hannah Wedertz A short story is a short work of fiction. It focuses on either one or two main characters and on a single problem or conflict. To try and understand a short story look for the four elements: setting, character, theme, and plot. In a story the settings refers to a place in the time of a story. To understand and analyze the setting you look at the illustrations and for details. You have to ask yourself, “ When does this story take place?” and try to figure if it’s in the future or the present. When getting a better idea of the setting you have to get a better imagination of it. A character in the story is what the story is about. The characters in the story all have different personality traits. When
