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.

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

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1# # # X # # # # # # # # B E H A V I O R
2# # # # A # # N O I T C A G N I L L A F
3# # D # # M # # # # # # # # # # # # I T
4# # # N T C I L F N O C # # # # # G H N
5# N # # U # # L # # # # # # # # U E # E
6# O N # N O I T C A G N I S I R M # # I
7# S O # # E R E H P S O M T A E # # # C
8# R I M O T I V A T I O N T X S D # # S
9# E T E # # # # # # # N I P W P # O # I
10# P A T # # # # # # O V O E L O # # O N
11# T C A # # # # G I E S I O R N # # # M
12# S I P # # # N T L I V T E E S # # # O
13# R F H # # I U A T F # T # V I # # # D
14# I I O # T L N I O L C # C I B C # # E
15# F N R T O G O T # A # # I T I I # E T
16# # O E S U N N # R T # # T C L M # L I
17# # S E A # I # A # # # # A E I A # I M
18# # R G # O # H # # # # # T J T N # M I
19# # E X P E C T A T I O N S B Y Y # I L
20# # P # S E C N E U Q E S N O C D # S #
Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  157w
BEHAVIOR  131e
CHARACTER  719ne
CLIMAX  96nw
CONFLICT  124w
CONSEQUENCES  1620w
DYNAMIC  1720n
EXPECTATIONS  319e
EXPOSITION  167sw
FALLINGACTION  202w
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111sw
FIRSTPERSON  215n
FLAT  1113s
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  2019n
METAPHOR  48s
MOOD  2011nw
MOTIVATION  48e
OBJECTIVE  1520n
OMNISCIENT  2012n
PERSONIFICATION  319n
PLOT  169sw
POINTOFVIEW  519ne
RESOLUTION  318ne
RESPONSIBILITY  166s
RISINGACTION  166w
ROUND  77nw
SETTING  317ne
SIMILE  1920n
STATIC  1419n
THEME  203sw