Elements of Short Stories

ATMOSPHERE
BEHAVIOR
CHARACTER
CLIMAX
CONFLICT
CONSEQUENCES
DYNAMIC
EXPECTATIONS
EXPOSITION
FALLINGACTION
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE
FIRSTPERSON
FLAT
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT
METAPHOR
MOOD
MOTIVATION
OBJECTIVE
OMNISCIENT
PERSONIFICATION
PLOT
POINTOFVIEW
RESOLUTION
RESPONSIBILITY
RISINGACTION
ROUND
SETTING
SIMILE
STATIC
THEME

Developing a basic understanding of the elements of short stories, literary devices, and a familiarity with different types of writing in general is information that is essential to build a foundation of knowledge. Using words that we have discussed in class, complete this cross word puzzle. Then pick five words used in the puzzle that you are unsure about and write out the definition to the best of your ability.

Try to find all 30 words on this board.

D R T O A F A T M O S P H E R E Q P H F
O J N I R I M T G V O I B T J K I K V N
O P E R S O N I F I C A T I O N Q T O U
M O I G E X P E C T A T I O N S C I B P
E I C O A S W L P O E A D E I X T Z J M
T N S O N U P L O T N L O M D I M B E Z
A T I E N O G O Y L O F I Q S M A V C C
P O N O T S I N N V K L L O U V P L T B
H F M B O T E T A S E J P I K R I S I E
O V O F P A I Q U L I X C S C M I E V N
R I D Z Y T X N U L E B G L A T M J E O
B E E T M I F S G E O V I X A E W A G S
X W T H I C K T Z T N S I L H F A Y Q R
L Y I R E T C A R A H C E T I D A I L E
K A M O T I V A T I O N E R A T N C Z P
B J I G N O I T C A G N I S I R Y U C T
H N L W Q K B E H A V I O R T X U T O S
U P D Y N A M I C M Y C Z Q K S D G B R
X B S B G L J N U A L K A J P R T E I I
R Z I K N X O N O I T C A G N I L L A F
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Answer Key for Elements of Short Stories

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1D # T # # # A T M O S P H E R E # # # #
2O # N # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # N
3O P E R S O N I F I C A T I O N # # O #
4M O I G E X P E C T A T I O N S # I B #
5E I C # A S # # # O # A # # I # T # J #
6T N S O N U P L O T N L # M # I # # E #
7A T I E N O G O # # # F I # S # # # C #
8P O N # T S I N N # # L L O # # # L T #
9H F M # # T E T A S E # P I # # I # I #
10O V O # # A I Q U L I X # # C M # E V N
11R I D # # T # N U L E B # # A T M # E O
12# E E # # I # # G E O V I X # E # # # S
13# W T # # C # # # # N S I L H # # # # R
14# # I R E T C A R A H C E T I D # # # E
15# # M O T I V A T I O N E R A T N # # P
16# # I # N O I T C A G N I S I R Y U # T
17# # L # # # B E H A V I O R # # U # O S
18# # D Y N A M I C # # # # # # # # G # R
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20# # # # # # # N O I T C A G N I L L A F
Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  71e
BEHAVIOR  717e
CHARACTER  1214w
CLIMAX  197sw
CONFLICT  94se
CONSEQUENCES  35se
DYNAMIC  318e
EXPECTATIONS  54e
EXPOSITION  1111ne
FALLINGACTION  2020w
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111nw
FIRSTPERSON  2020n
FLAT  127n
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  317n
METAPHOR  14s
MOOD  14n
MOTIVATION  315e
OBJECTIVE  193s
OMNISCIENT  310n
PERSONIFICATION  33e
PLOT  76e
POINTOFVIEW  23s
RESOLUTION  1415nw
RESPONSIBILITY  43se
RISINGACTION  1616w
ROUND  2018nw
SETTING  36se
SIMILE  164sw
STATIC  68s
THEME  1414ne