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.

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

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2M E T A P H O R # # F E # N # # T # P #
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4# C G # D N U O R H # I # # E # O G R #
5# I N # # # # S A N T M # I # T A E S #
6# M I # # # T R O C # I C # # U S X O #
7# A T # # P A I A # # S # C G P D P N #
8# N T # E C T G # # I # O N O O O E I #
9# Y E R T U N # # N # N A N B I O C F #
10# D S E L I # # M # S L S E J N M T I #
11# O R O S # # O # E E I H # E T O A C N
12N # S I T # D # Q V B A # # C O T T A O
13# E R # A E # U I I V # # O T F I I T I
14R # # # T # E T L I # # N H I V V O I T
15# # # I I N A I O # # F E # V I A N O I
16# # M # C R T R # # L M L # E E T S N S
17# I # E U Y # # # I E # # A # W I # # O
18L # S G # # # # C L I M A X T # O # # P
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20# F A L L I N G A C T I O N # # # # # E
Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  151w
BEHAVIOR  159sw
CHARACTER  113sw
CLIMAX  918e
CONFLICT  1512sw
CONSEQUENCES  147sw
DYNAMIC  210n
EXPECTATIONS  185s
EXPOSITION  2020n
FALLINGACTION  220e
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111ne
FIRSTPERSON  112sw
FLAT  1215se
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  118ne
METAPHOR  12e
MOOD  1710n
MOTIVATION  1710s
OBJECTIVE  158s
OMNISCIENT  811ne
PERSONIFICATION  193s
PLOT  192sw
POINTOFVIEW  167s
RESOLUTION  114ne
RESPONSIBILITY  194sw
RISINGACTION  313ne
ROUND  94w
SETTING  310n
SIMILE  127n
STATIC  511s
THEME  1513sw