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.

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

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2N # # # # # # # # # # # # # # T O L P #
3O # # # # S # # C I M A N Y D # I O E #
4I # # # T E N O I T A V I T O M I G R #
5T # # S C C H A R A C T E R I N A E S #
6C # # N I N # # # E M E H T T U S X O #
7A # # O L E G # # # F # E O G P # P N #
8G # # I F U N # # L # D F N O # # O I R
9N # # T N Q I # A # O V A N # # B S F O
10I # # A O E T T # M I L S # # J A I I H
11S # # T C S T # N E E I # # E T R T C P
12I # # C # N E I W V B # # C M S E I A A
13R # # E # O S # I I # # T O T B S O T T
14O # # P # C T T L # # I S P # E O N I E
15U # # X I # A I # # V P E # X H L # O M
16N # # E # R T # # E H R # A # A U # N O
17D # N # U Y I # # E S # M # # V T # # O
18# T # G # # C # R O # I # # # I I # # D
19# # I # # # # E N # L # # # # O O # # #
20# F A L L I N G A C T I O N # R N # # #
Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  1710sw
BEHAVIOR  1613s
CHARACTER  65e
CLIMAX  1020ne
CONFLICT  511n
CONSEQUENCES  614n
DYNAMIC  153w
EXPECTATIONS  416n
EXPOSITION  185s
FALLINGACTION  220e
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111ne
FIRSTPERSON  199sw
FLAT  117sw
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  182sw
METAPHOR  2015n
MOOD  2015s
MOTIVATION  164w
OBJECTIVE  188sw
OMNISCIENT  119sw
PERSONIFICATION  193s
PLOT  192w
POINTOFVIEW  192sw
RESOLUTION  1711s
RESPONSIBILITY  194sw
RISINGACTION  113n
ROUND  113s
SETTING  713n
SIMILE  11e
STATIC  713s
THEME  146w