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.

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

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2# # # # # O X A M I L C I M A N Y D # N
3T P E R S O N I F I C A T I O N # # O #
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6# # X I N U P T E I # T E # # I # # # #
7# # P R C T G O I C C # # H S # # # # #
8# N E # O S O N N N T T # O P # # # # N
9# O C # N H I F A S G I P # # S # # # O
10# I T # S # P N V L I X V # # # O # # I
11# T A # E T # A M I E B # E # # # M # T
12# C T # Q # A O T O E V I # # # # # T C
13# A I # U # O T # E D W I L # # # # # A
14# G O # E D # # I E M E H T I # # # # G
15# N N # N # # # # C # # T # A T # # # N
16# I S # C H A R A C T E R I # R Y # # I
17# S # # E N O I T A V I T O M # U T # L
18# I # # S I M I L E # # # # # I O G # L
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Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  2013nw
BEHAVIOR  101e
CHARACTER  516e
CLIMAX  122w
CONFLICT  51se
CONSEQUENCES  57s
DYNAMIC  182w
EXPECTATIONS  35s
EXPOSITION  1111ne
FALLINGACTION  2020n
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111nw
FIRSTPERSON  2020w
FLAT  93se
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  1719nw
METAPHOR  1114nw
MOOD  911sw
MOTIVATION  1517w
OBJECTIVE  63se
OMNISCIENT  1012nw
PERSONIFICATION  33e
PLOT  1520ne
POINTOFVIEW  23se
RESOLUTION  219e
RESPONSIBILITY  43se
RISINGACTION  219n
ROUND  125e
SETTING  53se
SIMILE  518e
STATIC  510se
THEME  1414w