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.

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

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5S E C N E U Q E S N O C # # # # U # # L
6E # Y T I L I B I S N O P S E R # N # I
7T # # # # # # # # # # L T X A I # # D N
8T # S # # # # # # # O A P T T S # # # G
9I W N # N # # # # T T O I # M I # # # A
10N E O # # O # # # I S V N # O N # # # C
11G I I # # # I # C I E O # E S G # M # T
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13C F A # # # # I A T # I # L H C # T # O
14I O T # # # O N U V T # # A E T # A # N
15M T C # # N G L E C I E # T R I D P # #
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17N I P # A S # J # I E # O # O N # O # #
18Y O X G E # B # M # # H # M # # # R # #
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Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  157s
BEHAVIOR  13e
CHARACTER  183w
CLIMAX  81e
CONFLICT  81w
CONSEQUENCES  125w
DYNAMIC  119n
EXPECTATIONS  319n
EXPOSITION  156sw
FALLINGACTION  202s
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111sw
FIRSTPERSON  202w
FLAT  1412s
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  1820w
METAPHOR  1811s
MOOD  1418ne
MOTIVATION  1418nw
OBJECTIVE  619ne
OMNISCIENT  1120w
PERSONIFICATION  319e
PLOT  136sw
POINTOFVIEW  219n
RESOLUTION  419ne
RESPONSIBILITY  166w
RISINGACTION  166s
ROUND  153se
SETTING  15s
SIMILE  720ne
STATIC  146sw
THEME  1319nw