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.

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

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2# # # O # A # # # N O S R E P T S R I F
3# # L # # # L # # # # # # D # # # # I A
4# P O I N T O F V I E W # # O # # G L L
5# E C O N S E Q U E N C E S # O U I # L
6# R Y T I L I B I S N O P S E R M # # I
7# S E T T I N G I # R # T # A I O # M N
8# O S # T # # M # E # A # T T S T # E G
9# N N # # C I # T # T # I E M I I # T A
10# I O # # L I C # I # V D X O N V # A C
11# F I # E # A L C # E O Y P S G A # P T
12# I T # # R # # F L M B N O P A T # H I
13# C A # A # # # A N E J A S H C I # O O
14# A T H E M E N I H O E M I E T O # R N
15# T C # # # G S A # # C I T R I N # # #
16# I E # # U C V # # L T C I E O # # # #
17# O P # A I I # # I # I # O # N U # # #
18# N X G E O # # M # # V # N # # # N # #
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20# # T # # # X # # R E S O L U T I O N #
Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  157s
BEHAVIOR  1212sw
CHARACTER  315ne
CLIMAX  1215sw
CONFLICT  1215nw
CONSEQUENCES  35e
DYNAMIC  1310s
EXPECTATIONS  319n
EXPOSITION  149s
FALLINGACTION  202s
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111sw
FIRSTPERSON  202w
FLAT  84nw
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  194sw
METAPHOR  197s
MOOD  176nw
MOTIVATION  176s
OBJECTIVE  1211s
OMNISCIENT  1211sw
PERSONIFICATION  25s
PLOT  24ne
POINTOFVIEW  24e
RESOLUTION  1020e
RESPONSIBILITY  166w
RISINGACTION  166s
ROUND  1515se
SETTING  27e
SIMILE  106sw
STATIC  146sw
THEME  314e