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.

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

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2# F A L L I N G A C T I O N # # # # # #
3# I I # I M O T I V A T I O N # # T # #
4# R R G T M # # D Y N A M I C # N # # #
5# S # O U # I # # # # # # # # E # # # #
6# T L # H R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y #
7# P # # # P A # # # # # # C # # D # # #
8R E # # # # A T H E M E S L # O E R S #
9I R E S O L U T I O N I # I O # R E N W
10S S E T T I N G E V N # # M # # E T O E
11I O # # # # # V # M E # # A # # H C I I
12N N # # # # I # O X T L # X # # P A T V
13G # # # # T # D P # C # A # # # S R A F
14A # # # C # E O # # I C # N # # O A T O
15C # # E # T S # # # L # I D G # M H C T
16T # J # I I # # # # F # T T N U T C E N
17I B # M T # # # # # N # A # A U A # P I
18O # I I # # # # # # O # L # # T O G X O
19N L O # # N O I T A C I F I N O S R E P
20# N # # # # # # R O I V A H E B # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  1717n
BEHAVIOR  1620w
CHARACTER  1816n
CLIMAX  147s
CONFLICT  1119n
CONSEQUENCES  71e
DYNAMIC  94e
EXPECTATIONS  1919n
EXPOSITION  1111sw
FALLINGACTION  22e
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111se
FIRSTPERSON  22s
FLAT  1319n
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  219ne
METAPHOR  1011nw
MOOD  1410ne
MOTIVATION  63e
OBJECTIVE  118ne
OMNISCIENT  912ne
PERSONIFICATION  1919w
PLOT  27ne
POINTOFVIEW  2019n
RESOLUTION  29e
RESPONSIBILITY  66e
RISINGACTION  18s
ROUND  1819nw
SETTING  210e
SIMILE  86nw
STATIC  1719nw
THEME  88e