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.

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

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3# # # T N E I C S I N M O D E T I M I L
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5N # # # # # # # # # O # P L I # U C # T
6O # Y T I L I B I S N O P S E R # O # #
7S # # # # E R E H P S O M T A I # N # #
8R # S # C O N F L I C T # T # S M S # #
9E W N T H # # # T # # # I # # I O E # #
10P E O # A # # I # # # V N # # N T Q # #
11T I I # R T O # # # E O # E # G I U # #
12S V T # A N I # # L I # V # # A V E # #
13R F A # C # # C A T G I # # # C A N # #
14I O T # T # # N U N T E M E H T T C # #
15F T C # E # G L I C L I M A X I I E # #
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17# I P # A S T J # # # # # # # N N # # #
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Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  157w
BEHAVIOR  718e
CHARACTER  58s
CLIMAX  1015e
CONFLICT  58e
CONSEQUENCES  185s
DYNAMIC  81w
EXPECTATIONS  319n
EXPOSITION  153sw
FALLINGACTION  202w
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111sw
FIRSTPERSON  115n
FLAT  202s
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  203w
METAPHOR  181w
MOOD  137nw
MOTIVATION  178s
OBJECTIVE  619ne
OMNISCIENT  133w
PERSONIFICATION  319e
PLOT  136ne
POINTOFVIEW  219n
RESOLUTION  419ne
RESPONSIBILITY  166w
RISINGACTION  166s
ROUND  1418e
SETTING  519ne
SIMILE  146ne
STATIC  38se
THEME  1614w