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.

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

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1N # # # # # N O S R E P T S R I F X # #
2O F R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y A # # N
3I A I # # L # # # # # # # # # M # # O #
4T L T G # O # # # # # # # # I # # I # #
5A L H N U T # # # # # # # L # # T R # #
6V I E P E R S O N I F I C A T I O N # #
7I N M O C I A I # # L # # # S H # C # R
8T G E I O S C T M # A # # O P # E H S O
9O A C N N I O S I I T # P A # # R A N I
10M C I T F N N B I V L X T # # # E R O V
11O T M O L G S O J N E E # D # # H A I A
12O I A F I A E E I E M L # # N # P C T H
13D O N V C C Q # T T C O A # # U S T A E
14# N Y I T T U # # T U T D N # # O E T B
15# # D E # I E # # # I L I E G # M R C #
16# # # W # O N # # # # N O V T U T # E #
17# # # # # N C # # # # # G S E I A # P #
18# # # # # # E # # # # # # # E # M G X #
19# # # # # # S T A T I C # # # R # I E #
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Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  1717n
BEHAVIOR  2014n
CHARACTER  187s
CLIMAX  136ne
CONFLICT  57s
CONSEQUENCES  78s
DYNAMIC  315n
EXPECTATIONS  1919n
EXPOSITION  1111ne
FALLINGACTION  22s
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111se
FIRSTPERSON  171w
FLAT  116s
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  1920nw
METAPHOR  1112ne
MOOD  110s
MOTIVATION  110n
OBJECTIVE  79se
OMNISCIENT  1213nw
PERSONIFICATION  56e
PLOT  62s
POINTOFVIEW  46s
RESOLUTION  1619nw
RESPONSIBILITY  32e
RISINGACTION  66s
ROUND  1815nw
SETTING  711se
SIMILE  76se
STATIC  719e
THEME  34s