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.

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

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4# H # X # # E T M E T A P H O R O G R #
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6# M # E # O T # # T # # I # # U S X O #
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9N # # A # C G # # T E # A N # # C S F E
10O N # T # A # # I L # L S # # H O I I R
11I O # I # G # O I # E I # # A B N T C E
12T S D O # N N M # V B # # R J # S I A H
13U R Y N # I I # I I # # A E # # E O T P
14L E N S # S # T L # # C C # # # Q N I S
15O P A # # I A I # # T T # T X # U # O O
16S T M # # R T # # E I # # A # # E # N M
17E S I O U Y # # R V # # M L # # N # # T
18R R C G O # # # E T C I L F N O C # # A
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Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  2018n
BEHAVIOR  151w
CHARACTER  179sw
CLIMAX  1020ne
CONFLICT  1718w
CONSEQUENCES  179s
DYNAMIC  312s
EXPECTATIONS  43s
EXPOSITION  185s
FALLINGACTION  220e
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111ne
FIRSTPERSON  220n
FLAT  1418n
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  183w
METAPHOR  94e
MOOD  316se
MOTIVATION  163sw
OBJECTIVE  1710sw
OMNISCIENT  113w
PERSONIFICATION  193s
PLOT  192sw
POINTOFVIEW  192w
RESOLUTION  118n
RESPONSIBILITY  194sw
RISINGACTION  616n
ROUND  81w
SETTING  73s
SIMILE  614ne
STATIC  73se
THEME  23s