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.

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

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1T H E M E # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2N # P O I N T O F V I E W # # F # # # #
3E # E X P E C T A T I O N S # Y L # # #
4I # R G # # # H # # # C I T A T S A # #
5C # S E A # # # A # # # # # # I E # T #
6S O O # S U N # # R # X A M I L C N # #
7I # N B # O G O # # A # # # # I N O R #
8N # I F J R L N I G # C # # # B E I O N
9M # F D L E O U A T N # T # # I U T I O
10O # I Y # I C H T L I I T E # S Q A V I
11D # C N # # C T P I E S T O R N E V A T
12E # A A # # # T I A O V O T L O S I H C
13T # T M # # # # # V T N I P E P N T E A
14I # I I # # # # # # E E # T X S O O B G
15M # O C # E R E H P S O M T A E C M # N
16I O N # N O I T C A G N I S I R D # # I
17L # O # # # # # # E L I M I S N U # # L
18# # # D # # # # # # # # # # U # # G # L
19# # # # # # # # # # # # # O # # # # I A
20# # # # # # # # # N O S R E P T S R I F
Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  1515w
BEHAVIOR  1914n
CHARACTER  73se
CLIMAX  176w
CONFLICT  15se
CONSEQUENCES  1715n
DYNAMIC  49s
EXPECTATIONS  33e
EXPOSITION  1615nw
FALLINGACTION  2020n
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111nw
FIRSTPERSON  2020w
FLAT  162se
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  117n
METAPHOR  1315nw
MOOD  115se
MOTIVATION  1815n
OBJECTIVE  36se
OMNISCIENT  110n
PERSONIFICATION  33s
PLOT  1613nw
POINTOFVIEW  32e
RESOLUTION  34se
RESPONSIBILITY  1616n
RISINGACTION  1616w
ROUND  1320ne
SETTING  1614nw
SIMILE  1517w
STATIC  174w
THEME  11e