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.

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

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2# # # # N # N O I T I S O P X E T A L F
3# # # # # E # # # E L I M I S # # # I A
4# # # # # # I # # # # E # P L O T G # L
5T C I L F N O C # # R E O # # # U # R L
6# # G N I T T E S E # N V # # R # O # I
7# # # # # # # # H I S # # I A # I # R N
8# # S # R # N P # I N # # T T V # O # G
9# W N # # E S O B # # M I # A C H # N A
10C E O # # O S I I # # V O H # P E O # C
11I I I # M # L O # T E # E D A # S J R T
12M V T T # I # # L L A B # T E R # E B I
13A F A # T # # # A U # V E # E T T # # O
14N O T Y # # # N # C T M I P # C I # # N
15Y T C # # # G D I # # I T T A # E M # #
16D N E # # U N T # # # S O R O M # O I #
17# I P # A U A # # # R # A N E M # O # L
18# O X G O T # # # I # H # H # # # D # #
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ATMOSPHERE  313ne
BEHAVIOR  1212ne
CHARACTER  1119ne
CLIMAX  1520e
CONFLICT  85w
CONSEQUENCES  1520w
DYNAMIC  116n
EXPECTATIONS  319n
EXPOSITION  162w
FALLINGACTION  202s
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111sw
FIRSTPERSON  919ne
FLAT  202w
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  2017nw
METAPHOR  1214ne
MOOD  1815s
MOTIVATION  1617nw
OBJECTIVE  2013nw
OMNISCIENT  1310nw
PERSONIFICATION  319e
PLOT  144e
POINTOFVIEW  219n
RESOLUTION  58se
RESPONSIBILITY  171sw
RISINGACTION  171w
ROUND  419ne
SETTING  96w
SIMILE  153w
STATIC  519ne
THEME  1319ne