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

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Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  715n
BEHAVIOR  37s
CHARACTER  165sw
CLIMAX  1519nw
CONFLICT  165w
CONSEQUENCES  54s
DYNAMIC  81w
EXPECTATIONS  193w
EXPOSITION  1111se
FALLINGACTION  220n
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111ne
FIRSTPERSON  220e
FLAT  135sw
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  174w
METAPHOR  713ne
MOOD  1510se
MOTIVATION  1510sw
OBJECTIVE  1919w
OMNISCIENT  104w
PERSONIFICATION  193s
PLOT  720ne
POINTOFVIEW  192w
RESOLUTION  920ne
RESPONSIBILITY  194sw
RISINGACTION  616n
ROUND  420ne
SETTING  195sw
SIMILE  83w
STATIC  176s
THEME  814se