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.

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

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1# # D Y N A M I C # # # # # # # # # # #
2# # # # # # O # # N O S R E P T S R I F
3# # # # # # O # # # # # # # # # E # I A
4S I M I L E D R O I V A H E B S # G # L
5# # # # # W C L I M A X # # O Y U # # L
6# # N # F E H # # # # # # L T R # # # I
7# # O # L I A # # # # # U I A I # # # N
8# # I N A V R O U N D T L T S S # # # G
9# # T O T F A # # # I I I T N I # # # A
10E # A I G O C # # O B V A # O N R N # C
11V # C T N T T # N I E T # # I G O O # T
12I # I I I N E # S L I # # # T A H I # I
13T # F S T I R N A C # # # # A C P T # O
14C # I O T O O N # # E M E H T T A A # N
15E # N P E P G T C I L F N O C I T V # #
16J # O X S U L # # # # # # # E O E I # #
17B # S E A T M O S P H E R E P N M T # #
18O # R G # # # # T # # # # # X # # O # #
19# # E T N E I C S I N M O D E T I M I L
20# # P # C O N S E Q U E N C E S # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  517e
BEHAVIOR  154w
CHARACTER  75s
CLIMAX  75e
CONFLICT  1515w
CONSEQUENCES  520e
DYNAMIC  31e
EXPECTATIONS  1519n
EXPOSITION  417n
FALLINGACTION  202s
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111sw
FIRSTPERSON  202w
FLAT  56s
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  2019w
METAPHOR  1717n
MOOD  71s
MOTIVATION  1819n
OBJECTIVE  118n
OMNISCIENT  1319w
PERSONIFICATION  319n
PLOT  615se
POINTOFVIEW  615n
RESOLUTION  182sw
RESPONSIBILITY  318ne
RISINGACTION  166s
ROUND  78e
SETTING  516n
SIMILE  14e
STATIC  158sw
THEME  1514w