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A short story is like your least favorite class. It is a struggle to go to class and learn about something you don't necessarily enjoy but the ending of the class and the information you retain is all worth it.

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A short story is like a short distance sprint. You still get to the finish line and reach your full speed or potential but you are not running a marathon. You have to jump over the hurdles or obstacles in your plot line, but do so in a condensed length.

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A short story is like a season. Separately each season has their own "story" but altogether they form a year. The different seasons create variety, and they each have their own characteristics.

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A Short story is a spicy food because at the time your mouth is on fire but it contains lots of flavour, you can love it and hate it all in the same time. it only lasts a short amount of time but it squeezes in a lot in that short amount of time.

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A short story is like a balancing act with just the right amount of length and content. If the story is too short you could start to tip off the beam, and if the story has too much going on you could start to shake. The perfect balance of both will get you from one end of the beam to another. The perfect balance takes you to a wonderful place and helps you to imagine.

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A short story is like a quote, short and simple. Similar to a short story, a quote contains a message for the reader and does not provide an in depth explanation. 

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A short story is like a long weekend after a stressful school week. There is so much you want to fit into those three or four days, and there is so much the author wants to fit into a few pages. With a short story comes a lot of anticipation, as the reader knows that they can get a lot of substance out of the story despite its short length.

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A short story is like a family holiday get together. It's short in the sense that you only have a limited amount of time to enjoy the substance of the matter. Within a few hours it's over, and you have to say goodbye to everyone you love. It's sweet in the sense that it fulfills just as a story or family party would. You find everything you need to experience within a story, while still leaving room for whats special. The individuality of each family party or short story is what keeps us wanting more and more.

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A short story is like a snack. It is satisfying and unsatisfying by nature. It has flavor and texture like a beginning, middle, and end, and though brief, can hit the spot. However, like a snack sometimes it is just enough to entertain you and make you think, but sometimes it leaves you wanting more, a meal, a novel.

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A short story is like putting together a puzzle, except you don't have the picture on the front of the box to look at. With a short story, you drive right in to a narrative in which you have very little context. It can be a little disorienting, and you may not get the full picture in one sitting. But like with a puzzle, the more time you put into it, the more clear the picture becomes. I also believe both are more enjoyable when you get to share the experience with others.

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A short story is like a dream. It is short, vivid, and pushes you to think a little harder about the message that is being displayed. Like a dream, a short story has an underlying theme that may not be obvious to the naked eye. It may cause confusion and frustration, but you have to take time to think and dissect it in order to find the truth.

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A short story is like watching the trailer of a movie, or only a small snippet of it. When reading a short story, you are only being given a glimpse into the whole narrative, and that tiny portion can give you a certain opinion or prejudice against the subject of the story, but you can't really judge the subject without broadening your view to see the whole picture. You can begin to think about what the story means or what will happen in it (or before and after,) but you can't truly understand the moral or narrative from only the trailer, or short story

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A short story is like only knowing specific lyrics from a song, but not the whole song. You know the tune and rhythm of the song, but you have an affinity to those specific lyrics, and not a desire to learn the whole song. This is like a short story because it is a story that could be continued and elongated but the author chose not to do so because they find meaning in the short version of their story, just as you find meaning in the specific lyrics of the song.

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A short story is like having religious beliefs. You are presented with material that is short and to the point, but what you take away from that material is what your religion means to you. Just like a short story, everyone can interpret the subject matter differently and have a unique way of understanding the story. Because a short story lacks context and sometimes a satisfying ending, it provokes discussion, just like our religion classes at Stone Ridge do.

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A short story is like middle school. It is only a small portion of your school career but yet you remember it very vividly as the worst years of your life. I believe that middle school is a time of uncertainty but by the time of 8th grade you have a greater sense of your identity than you had before when you first started in 6th grade.

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A short story is like looking in a "distorted" mirror and realizing that is what you have looked like the whole time. It gives you a glimpse of something that may not seem familiar but is actually a metaphor for common life or societal experiences.