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.

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

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1# # # C O N S E Q U E N C E S # # # # #
2# # # L # # # N O I T C A G N I L L A F
3# N O I T A V I T O M E T A P H O R I I
4# L # M # # # # # # # # # # # # # G # R
5# I # A # T C I L F N O C # # D U # # S
6# M N X N O I T C A G N I S I R N # # T
7# I O # # E R E H P S O M T A E # U # P
8# T I R # # # # # # E O # T X S # # O E
9# E T O # # # # # V O N I P T P L O T R
10# D A I # # # # I D O V O A # O # # # S
11# O C V # # # T G I E S T # R N # # # O
12# M I A # # C N T L I I # E # S # # # N
13# N F H # E I U A T C # T # I I # # # #
14# I I E J T L N I # # C F M # B # # # #
15# S N B T O G O # # A L I # # I # # # #
16# C O E S U N # # R A L # # # L # # # #
17# I S E A # # # A T E # # # # I # # # #
18# E R G # # # H D Y N A M I C T H E M E
19# N E X P E C T A T I O N S # Y # # # #
20# T P O I N T O F V I E W # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  157w
BEHAVIOR  415n
CHARACTER  719ne
CLIMAX  41s
CONFLICT  135w
CONSEQUENCES  41e
DYNAMIC  918e
EXPECTATIONS  319e
EXPOSITION  167sw
FALLINGACTION  202w
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111sw
FIRSTPERSON  202s
FLAT  1314sw
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  24s
METAPHOR  113e
MOOD  137sw
MOTIVATION  113w
OBJECTIVE  316ne
OMNISCIENT  211s
PERSONIFICATION  319n
PLOT  169e
POINTOFVIEW  320e
RESOLUTION  318ne
RESPONSIBILITY  166s
RISINGACTION  166w
ROUND  209nw
SETTING  317ne
SIMILE  1612sw
STATIC  168sw
THEME  1618e