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.

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

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2# # # # # # # # # N O S R E P T S R I F
3# T N E I C S I N M O D E T I M I L I A
4# # # X # # I # # # # # # # O # O G # L
5# # # P # # M # # # # # # T # # U O # L
6# S N O N O I T C A G N I S I R # # D I
7# E O S # B L # # # # V E # A E # # # N
8# C I I # J E # # # A T # T T S # # # G
9# N T T # E # # # T T N I C M P L O T A
10# E A I # C # # I I O V I E O O # B # C
11# U C O # T # O N I E M T # S N # E # T
12# Q I N # I N G T L A A # T P S # H # I
13# E F # # V # U A N P # C # H I # A # O
14# S I # # E L N Y H # I # C E B # V # N
15# N N # # O G D O # L # # I R I # I # #
16# O O # S U # R # F # # # T E L # O # #
17# C S E A # # # N L # # # A # I # R # #
18# # R G # # # O # A # # # T # T H E M E
19# # E X P E C T A T I O N S # Y # # # #
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Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  157s
BEHAVIOR  1810s
CHARACTER  61e
CLIMAX  61w
CONFLICT  719ne
CONSEQUENCES  217n
DYNAMIC  815ne
EXPECTATIONS  319e
EXPOSITION  43s
FALLINGACTION  202s
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111sw
FIRSTPERSON  202w
FLAT  1016s
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  183w
METAPHOR  159sw
MOOD  163se
MOTIVATION  163sw
OBJECTIVE  66s
OMNISCIENT  113w
PERSONIFICATION  319n
PLOT  169e
POINTOFVIEW  320e
RESOLUTION  318ne
RESPONSIBILITY  166s
RISINGACTION  166w
ROUND  141e
SETTING  146sw
SIMILE  73s
STATIC  1419n
THEME  1618e