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.

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

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2# # L I M I T E D O M N I S C I E N T F
3# E L I M I S E C N E U Q E S N O C I A
4# # # C O N F L I C T # # # # # # G # L
5# # # H # # # # # # # # # # # # U # # L
6# # N A N O I T C A G N I S I R # # T I
7# # O R # E R E H P S O M T A E # O # N
8# # I A # # # # # # E E # T X S L # N G
9# # T C L I M A X V T N I P E P # # O A
10# # A T # # # # I A O V O T # O # # S C
11# # C E # # # T P I E S T # D N U O R T
12# # I R # # C H T L I I # # # S # # E I
13# # F # # E O U A T N # # # T I D C P O
14# # I # J R L N I G H # # A # B O I T N
15# # N B # O G O # # # E T # # I O M S #
16# # O # S U N # # # # I M # # L M A R #
17# # S E A # F L A T C # # E # I # N I #
18# # R G M O T I V A T I O N # T # Y F #
19# # E X P E C T A T I O N S # Y # D # #
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Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  157w
BEHAVIOR  111e
CHARACTER  44s
CLIMAX  49e
CONFLICT  44e
CONSEQUENCES  183w
DYNAMIC  1819n
EXPECTATIONS  319e
EXPOSITION  167sw
FALLINGACTION  202s
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111sw
FIRSTPERSON  1918n
FLAT  717e
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  32e
METAPHOR  137sw
MOOD  1716n
MOTIVATION  518e
OBJECTIVE  316ne
OMNISCIENT  102e
PERSONIFICATION  319n
PLOT  169ne
POINTOFVIEW  320e
RESOLUTION  318ne
RESPONSIBILITY  166s
RISINGACTION  166w
ROUND  1911w
SETTING  168sw
SIMILE  73w
STATIC  1612sw
THEME  1013se