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.

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

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2# F # T # # # # # A T M O S P H E R E #
3# A I # N # # # # # N O I T U L O S E R
4# L # G # E X P E C T A T I O N S # # I
5# L # # U # I # # # F L A T E L I M I S
6# I # # Y R # C O N S E Q U E N C E S I
7# N # C I T A T S E T T I N G # H N # N
8# G T # # R I T # I # # # # # # A O # G
9# A N C # # O L I W N # # # # # R I # A
10# C D O I # # I I V E M O O D E A T # C
11# T # Y S L # # V B E I O # # M C A # T
12# I # # N R F # # A I L V D # E T V # I
13# O M # # A E N # # H S A F E H E I # O
14# N E # # # M P O # # E N N O T R T # N
15# # T # # E V I T C E J B O G T I O # #
16# # A X A M I L C S # # # # P U N M # T
17# # P # # # D N U O R # # # # S A I I O
18# # H # # # # N O I T I S O P X E G O L
19# # O # # N O I T A C I F I N O S R E P
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Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  102e
BEHAVIOR  1315nw
CHARACTER  176s
CLIMAX  916w
CONFLICT  1015nw
CONSEQUENCES  86e
DYNAMIC  310se
EXPECTATIONS  64e
EXPOSITION  1718w
FALLINGACTION  22s
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111se
FIRSTPERSON  1319nw
FLAT  115e
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  2018nw
METAPHOR  313s
MOOD  1210e
MOTIVATION  1816n
OBJECTIVE  1415w
OMNISCIENT  1311nw
PERSONIFICATION  1919w
PLOT  2019n
POINTOFVIEW  2019nw
RESOLUTION  203w
RESPONSIBILITY  1819nw
RISINGACTION  203s
ROUND  1117w
SETTING  97e
SIMILE  205w
STATIC  97w
THEME  1614n