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

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Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  1315w
BEHAVIOR  84e
CHARACTER  720e
CLIMAX  720w
CONFLICT  1113nw
CONSEQUENCES  419n
DYNAMIC  173s
EXPECTATIONS  1815n
EXPOSITION  1718w
FALLINGACTION  22s
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111se
FIRSTPERSON  1412nw
FLAT  1412se
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  41se
METAPHOR  1214w
MOOD  63sw
MOTIVATION  63e
OBJECTIVE  73se
OMNISCIENT  118se
PERSONIFICATION  1919w
PLOT  1516w
POINTOFVIEW  2019nw
RESOLUTION  161w
RESPONSIBILITY  1819nw
RISINGACTION  161s
ROUND  161se
SETTING  1512n
SIMILE  416e
STATIC  1617w
THEME  2017n