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.

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

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1R # # # # # # # # D Y N A M I C # # # L
2O F A L L I N G A C T I O N # # # # I #
3I L I # # # # # N O I T A V I T O M # #
4V A # G # # # # # O # T # # # # I # # #
5A T R S U # # # # # S # C # # T H E M E
6H # E E # R O U N D # R # I E # # # N #
7E R T C # # A # # # # # E D L # # # O #
8B I C N E V I T C E J B O P # F # # I A
9# S A E # # N N I # # M # # T # N # T T
10# I R U # # # O O V N # O # # S # O A M
11M N A Q # # # # I I E # G O # # R # C O
12E G H E # # # # S T T L # N D # # I I S
13T A C S # # # C T I I U A # I # # # F P
14A C L N # # I # A # M S L N # T # # I H
15P T I O # E # # T # T I O O G # T # N E
16H I M C N # # # I # # O L P S U # E O R
17O O A T # # # # C # # # L E X E A # S E
18R N X Y T I L I B I S N O P S E R G R #
19# # # # # # # S N O I T A T C E P X E #
20# # # # # # # # W E I V F O T N I O P #
Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  208s
BEHAVIOR  18n
CHARACTER  313n
CLIMAX  313s
CONFLICT  1911nw
CONSEQUENCES  416n
DYNAMIC  101e
EXPECTATIONS  1919w
EXPOSITION  1618nw
FALLINGACTION  22e
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111se
FIRSTPERSON  1913nw
FLAT  22s
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  201sw
METAPHOR  111s
MOOD  129se
MOTIVATION  183w
OBJECTIVE  138w
OMNISCIENT  138sw
PERSONIFICATION  1919n
PLOT  1418nw
POINTOFVIEW  1920w
RESOLUTION  1718nw
RESPONSIBILITY  1718w
RISINGACTION  27s
ROUND  66e
SETTING  1917nw
SIMILE  912se
STATIC  912s
THEME  165e