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.

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

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1# # X A M I L C # # # # # # D # # # # #
2R # # # # # # N O I T C A G N I L L A F
3# E E V I T C E J B O # # # U # P # I I
4T # S I M I L E S N # # # # O E # G R R
5H N # P M # # R S E R # # # R # U # O S
6E # E A O # # E E E T # # S # R # # H T
7M X N I # N Q # S T # T O # A I # # P P
8E Y P # C U S O # M C N I T # S # # A E
9D # # O E S L I O # I A I N W I # # T R
10# # # N S U I T B F # V R E G N # # E S
11# # C # T I I N I I E # I A # G # B M O
12# E # I # V T C M L L V # T H A # E # N
13S # O # A # A I A O F I C # # C C H # #
14# N # T # T # N O O D I T # # T I A # #
15# # I # I # G # T N L E # Y D I T V # #
16# O # O # U # N # F # # T # O O A I # P
17N # N # A # I # N L # # # I O N T O # L
18# # # G # O # O # A # # # # M # S R # O
19# # E X P E C T A T I O N S # I # # # T
20E R E H P S O M T A # # # # # # L # # #
Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  1020w
BEHAVIOR  1811s
CHARACTER  1613nw
CLIMAX  81w
CONFLICT  719ne
CONSEQUENCES  122sw
DYNAMIC  19ne
EXPECTATIONS  319e
EXPOSITION  16se
FALLINGACTION  202w
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111sw
FIRSTPERSON  202s
FLAT  1016s
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  1720nw
METAPHOR  1911n
MOOD  1518n
MOTIVATION  108sw
OBJECTIVE  113w
OMNISCIENT  1013nw
PERSONIFICATION  164sw
PLOT  2016s
POINTOFVIEW  519ne
RESOLUTION  115sw
RESPONSIBILITY  12se
RISINGACTION  166s
ROUND  155n
SETTING  94se
SIMILE  34e
STATIC  1718n
THEME  14s