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.

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

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2# # # N O I T U L O S E R # # # # # # #
3T # # # B Y # S N O I T A T C E P X E T
4O # # D J T # # # # # G # H # O # G N #
5L # # Y E I # # # # N # A # I # A E # #
6P # # N C L # # # I T R # N # U I # # #
7E # # A T I # # T # A # T # G C # # # #
8R N # M I B # T # C L O # N S T A T I C
9S O # I V I E # T # F # A I # # # # # #
10O I U C E S # E # V # L N # # # # # # #
11N T # N # N R M I # E M E T A P H O R #
12I C # # D O # E # V O M N I S C I E N T
13F A # # # P W H I D # B E H A V I O R #
14I G D # # S # T E X P O S I T I O N # #
15C N # O # E A T M O S P H E R E # # X #
16A I # # O R I S I N G A C T I O N # A #
17T L # # U M O T I V A T I O N # # # M #
18I L # G I # # # # # # # # # # # # # I #
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20N F I R S T P E R S O N C O N F L I C T
Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  715e
BEHAVIOR  1213e
CHARACTER  153sw
CLIMAX  1920n
CONFLICT  1320e
CONSEQUENCES  171w
DYNAMIC  44s
EXPECTATIONS  193w
EXPOSITION  914e
FALLINGACTION  220n
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111ne
FIRSTPERSON  220e
FLAT  119n
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  419ne
METAPHOR  1211e
MOOD  617nw
MOTIVATION  617e
OBJECTIVE  52s
OMNISCIENT  1112e
PERSONIFICATION  17s
PLOT  16n
POINTOFVIEW  173sw
RESOLUTION  132w
RESPONSIBILITY  616n
RISINGACTION  616e
ROUND  18se
SETTING  610ne
SIMILE  61w
STATIC  158e
THEME  814n