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.

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

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1# # # T N E I C S I N M O D E T I M I L
2# X # # # # O # # # # # # # # # # # # #
3# A # # # N O I T A C I F I N O S R E P
4# M # # F # # R O I V A H E B # E G X O
5# I # L L N # # # # # # # J # S A # P I
6# L I # A O E # # # # # E R O U # # E N
7# C # C T I R O U N D C O L G N # # C T
8T # # I # T E # # # T H U N O # # H T O
9# # M M # C H # # I P T A I # # A # A F
10# N O A # A P # V A I L T G # R # # T V
11# O T N # G S E T O E I N # A # C # I I
12D S I Y # N O E N V S I # C # I # E O E
13# R V D # I M # I O T # T # T # # M N W
14# E A # # S T T P T E E # A # # # E S #
15# P T # # I A X E # R L T # # # # H # #
16# T I # # R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y #
17# S O # U # # L # # # # # M # # # # # #
18# R N G # # O # # # # # # # I # # # # #
19# I I # # T # S E C N E U Q E S N O C #
20# F A L L I N G A C T I O N # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  715n
BEHAVIOR  154w
CHARACTER  197sw
CLIMAX  27n
CONFLICT  81sw
CONSEQUENCES  1919w
DYNAMIC  413n
EXPECTATIONS  193s
EXPOSITION  716ne
FALLINGACTION  220e
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111ne
FIRSTPERSON  220n
FLAT  54s
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  201w
METAPHOR  713ne
MOOD  49sw
MOTIVATION  39s
OBJECTIVE  163sw
OMNISCIENT  131w
PERSONIFICATION  193w
PLOT  916sw
POINTOFVIEW  203s
RESOLUTION  183sw
RESPONSIBILITY  616e
RISINGACTION  616n
ROUND  77e
SETTING  816ne
SIMILE  1619nw
STATIC  1216ne
THEME  1816n