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.

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

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2# F A L L I N G A C T I O N # # # # # #
3# T I # I # # # # C I M A N Y D # # # #
4# N H G # M S E C N E U Q E S N O C # F
5# E # E U # I # # # # # # # # # # H L I
6# I T # M R I S I N G A C T I O N A N R
7# C # O # E A T M O S P H E R E T R O S
8# S # # L S X T # E E # # # # # # A I T
9# I D # # P E P I N T V X A M I L C T P
10# N N # # O # T O V O A I # # # # T A E
11# M U # # N M # T S E I P T # # # E C R
12# O O # # S O T # I I L T H C # # R I S
13# D R O # I T # C # N T A U O E # # F O
14# E O # D B I A # I # G I N L R J # I N
15# T I # # I V # T # L # # O G O # B N #
16# I V # # L A # # I # F # # N U S # O #
17# M A # # I T # # # C # N # # # A E S #
18# I H # # T I # # # # # # O # # # G R #
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Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  77e
BEHAVIOR  320n
CHARACTER  184s
CLIMAX  189w
CONFLICT  1519nw
CONSEQUENCES  184w
DYNAMIC  163w
EXPECTATIONS  1919w
EXPOSITION  67se
FALLINGACTION  22e
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111se
FIRSTPERSON  204s
FLAT  204sw
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  219n
METAPHOR  97se
MOOD  211se
MOTIVATION  711s
OBJECTIVE  1916nw
OMNISCIENT  212n
PERSONIFICATION  1919n
PLOT  69nw
POINTOFVIEW  1920w
RESOLUTION  1918nw
RESPONSIBILITY  66s
RISINGACTION  66e
ROUND  313n
SETTING  68se
SIMILE  86nw
STATIC  612se
THEME  23se