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.

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

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2R I S I N G A C T I O N # # X # T A L F
3E # # # # # # O # E # # # A # # R # I A
4S # L # # # # N # V # # M # # O # G # L
5O # C I T A T S # I # I # # I # U # # L
6L # N # M # # E # T L # # V # R # # T I
7U # O # O I # Q # C # # A # A E # O # N
8T # I R T # T U # E # H # T R S L # # G
9I N T O I # H E # J E # I G E P N # # A
10O O A H V # E N D B # V # N T O O # # C
11N S C P A # M C Y O E # # I C N I # # T
12# R I A T # E E N L M # # T A S T # # I
13# E F T I # # S A # O N # T R I I # # O
14# P I E O # D N M # O # I E A B S # # N
15# T N M N N G # I # D # # S H I O # # #
16# S O # U U # T C I L F N O C L P # # #
17# R S O A T M O S P H E R E # I X # # #
18# I R G # # # # # # # # # # # T E # # #
19# F E X P E C T A T I O N S # Y # N # #
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Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  517e
BEHAVIOR  1010ne
CHARACTER  1516n
CLIMAX  107ne
CONFLICT  1516w
CONSEQUENCES  82s
DYNAMIC  910s
EXPECTATIONS  319e
EXPOSITION  1718n
FALLINGACTION  202s
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111sw
FIRSTPERSON  219n
FLAT  202w
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  34se
METAPHOR  415n
MOOD  1112s
MOTIVATION  56s
OBJECTIVE  1011n
OMNISCIENT  1011se
PERSONIFICATION  319n
PLOT  169ne
POINTOFVIEW  320e
RESOLUTION  12s
RESPONSIBILITY  166s
RISINGACTION  12e
ROUND  318ne
SETTING  1415n
SIMILE  41e
STATIC  85w
THEME  78s