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.

S L D D E R E H P S O M T A C U X X B R
P F A L L I N G A C T I O N D R T S P C
P I I S W S O U V L R E B R I A E U J R
N T V G X V S S W I O Y P E Z M C L D J
B K N V U Y P M T M I A X S I W M V I A
E R M E O R T C J A V S U O E E J U N M
I V G X I N A I X X A C C L V I T H O E
U N X P Y C O T L K H O I U I V C N I T
Q O P E M O S I I I E M T T T F I O T A
G S W C K N E I T V B Y A I C O L I A P
N R Z T X S T G N C E I T O E T F T C H
P E V A L E T H J M A L S N J N N I I O
U P F T Q Q I K N O O G A N B I O S F R
D T T I V U N R Q O Y D N N O O C O I H
Y S J O L E G K A D Q V E I G P G P N Y
N R Y N O N F D N E M E H T S U S X O H
A I O S E C H A R A C T E R I I A E S F
M F N U Y E N O I T A V I T O M R G R F
I P L K N S I M I L E Y D K K P I U E E
C T A L F D Q O O Y Y D D R D T O L P Q
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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# # I # # # # # # L R # # R # # # # # #
4# T # G # # # # # I O # # E # # # # # #
5# # N # U Y # # # M I # # S # W # # # #
6# # # E # R T # # A V # # O E E # # N M
7# # # X I N A I # X A # C L V I T # O E
8# N # P # C O T L # H # I U I V C N I T
9# O # E # O S I I I E # T T T F I O T A
10# S # C # N E I T V B # A I C O L I A P
11# R # T # S T # N C E I T O E T F T C H
12# E # A # E T # # M A L S N J N N I I O
13# P # T # Q I # # O O G A N B I O S F R
14D T # I # U N # # O # D N N O O C O I #
15Y S # O # E G # # D # # E I G P # P N #
16N R # N # N # # # E M E H T S U S X O #
17A I O S # C H A R A C T E R I I A E S #
18M F # U # E N O I T A V I T O M R G R #
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Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  141w
BEHAVIOR  1110n
CHARACTER  617e
CLIMAX  102s
CONFLICT  1714n
CONSEQUENCES  68s
DYNAMIC  114s
EXPECTATIONS  46s
EXPOSITION  1817n
FALLINGACTION  22e
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111se
FIRSTPERSON  218n
FLAT  520w
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  1820nw
METAPHOR  206s
MOOD  1012s
MOTIVATION  1618w
OBJECTIVE  1514n
OMNISCIENT  1113nw
PERSONIFICATION  1919n
PLOT  1920w
POINTOFVIEW  1615n
RESOLUTION  143s
RESPONSIBILITY  1918nw
RISINGACTION  1718nw
ROUND  216se
SETTING  79s
SIMILE  619e
STATIC  1312n
THEME  1416w