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Short Story
All Subcategories (285)
"A problem" story analysis
"A Shocking Accident" by Graham Greene
"A Sound of Thunder"
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
"Antojos" by Julia Alvarez
"Araby" by James Joyce
"Bernice Bobs Her Hair" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Borders" by Thomas King
"Cranes"
"Cranes" by Hwang Sunwon
"David's Haircut" by Ken Elkes
"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"
"Editha" by William Dean Howells
"Gryphon" by Charles Baxter
"Harrison Bergeron"
"Like the Sun"
"Like the Sun" by R.K. Narayan
"Marriage is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe
"Mr. Cornelius Johnson, Office-Seeker" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"No oyes ladrar los perros" (specific text)
"No Witchcraft for Sale"
"Saboteur"
"Saboteur" by Ha Jin
"Separating" By John Updike
"The Cabuliwallah"
"The Cabuliwallah" by Rabindranath Tagore
"The Cask of Amontillado"
"The Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
"The Gift of the Magi"
"The Interlopers" by Saki
"The invisible red string"
"The Lady or the Tiger?"
"The lady or the tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton
"The Lottery"
"The Lottery" (specific text within the short story)
"The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs
"The Most Dangerous Game"
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
"The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane
"The Scarlet Ibis" by unknown author.
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
"The Swimming Contest"
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"To Build a Fire"
A Christmas Memory
Absurd
Adventure
Adventure or Fantasy
Adventure Sports
Adventure/Epic
Adventure/Wilderness Exploration
American literature
Analysis
Analysis and Interpretation
Analysis of Writing Techniques
Analysis or Comprehension
Analysis or Themes
Analysis/ Interpretation
Analysis/Comparison
Analysis/Review
Animal Encounter
Animal stories
Animals
Author and Citation Format
Central Idea
Character Analysis
Character conflict
Character description
Character Development
Character Identification
Character Interaction
Character Interactions
Character Motivations
Character Perspective
Characteristics
Characterization
Characterization and Themes
Characterization Techniques
Children's Literature
Classic
Classic literature
Classic Story
Comedy
Comedy or Humor
Coming of Age
Coming of Age/Character Development
Comparing and Contrasting Characters
Conclusion
Conflict
Conflict Analysis
Conflict and Resolution
Conflict between personal beliefs and professional ethics
Conflict development
Conflict in the Story
Contemporary Fiction
Cultural and Social Differences
Cultural Heritage
Cultural Identity
Cultural identity and language
Description or Pacing
Dialogue
Dialogues
Domesticity
Drama
Dramatic irony
Dystopian Fiction
Edgar Allan Poe
Editing
Elements
Elements of a Short Story
Elements of a story
Emotional Short Story
Epiphany
Ernest Hemingway
Evaluation
Excerpt
Excerpt Analysis
Fable
Fairy Tale
Fairy Tale/Romance
Fairytale
Family & Home
Family and Home
Family and Home Dynamics
Family and Home themes
Family Crisis
Family Drama
Family Dynamics
Family Heirloom and Good Luck
Family Relations
Family Relationships
Family Story
Family Struggles
Family-friendly
Family's Home Loss
Fantasy
Fantasy/Fairy Tale
Fantasy/Horror
Fiction
Fiction Analysis
Fictional Narrative
Fictional Stories
Final scene
Flashback
Folk Tale
Folklore/Fairy Tale
French Literature
Friendship and Coming of Age
Friendship and Problem-Solving
Friendship and Rivalry
Friendship and Social Interaction
Friendships and Rivalries
Gift-giving
Gothic
Gothic Fiction
Gothic Literature
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks, Home
Historical
Historical and cultural context
Historical context
Historical Fiction
Historical or Current Event-based Short Story Ideas
Home
Home and Family
Homelessness and Loss
Homeownership
Horror Fiction
Horror Fiction/Supernatural Fiction
Humorous
Identity and Self-Reflection
Imagery
Inner Conflict and Identity
Introduction
Irony
Jack London's "Up the Slide"
Joe Magarac stories
Ken Elkes
Lesson learned
Lesson/Theme
Literary Analysis
Love and Family
Magical Realism
Message in a Bottle
Migrant labor experience
Migrant laborers
Modern Literature
Mood analysis
Mood Shift
Moral
Moral lesson
Moral Lesson, Character Development, Community Relationships.
Mother-daughter relationship
Mystery
Mystery Genre
Mystery Story
Mystery/Adventure
Mystery/Thriller
Narrative
Narrative Techniques or Pace and Mood
Narrative Text
Narrative Writing
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Part 2
Passage of Time
Personal Experience
Personal Narrative
Personal Tragedies
Personification
Perspective Analysis
Plot
Plot Analysis
Plot detail
Plot details
Plot Development
Plot Elements
Plot point
Plot Sequence
Plot structure
Point of View
Point of View Analysis
Problem and Conflict
Problem Solving
Psychological Development
Psychological Exploration
Psychological thriller
Raymonds Run
Realism
Realistic Fiction
Relationships
Revenge
Review
Romance
Romantic Fiction
Satire
Science Fiction
Setting
Setting and theme analysis
Setting Description
Slice of Life
Stream of Consciousness
Stream of Consciousness narrative
Stream of Consciousness Style
Stream of consciousness technique
Structure
Summarizing
Summary
Surprise Ending
Surprise Structure
Survival
Suspense
Suspense and Irony
Suspense/horror
Suspense/Thriller
Symbolism
Symbolism Analysis
The Little Mermaid
The Necklace (specific text or author)
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
The White Knight
The Women's Baths
Theme
Theme Analysis
Theme and supporting evidence
Theme identification
Theme of Rejection
Theme of Revenge
Themes
Themes and Analysis
Themes and Messages
Themes or Motives
Themes/Message
Thriller/Mystery
Tone
Tragic Ending
Tragic Event
Uncertainty or ambiguity
Unknown or Not Applicable
Unknown Time Period
View of Humanity
War Theme
Writing Style
Parent Categories (29)
American literature
Children's Literature
Creative Writing
English Literature
English/Writing
Fiction
Fiction or Literature
Fictional Text
French Language
Horror
Language Arts or Creative Writing
Literary Text
Literature
Literature & Fiction
Literature and Fiction
Literature or Fiction
Literature/Creative Writing
Literature/Story
Literature/Writing
Narrative
Narrative Fiction
Narrative Text
Prose
Prose Fiction
Prose or Fiction
Science Fiction
Writing
Writing/Composition
Writing/Literature