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.

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

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7E T S # N # G D # N # L # T # I # # # #
8T O I # I R # N E X P E C T A T I O N S
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10A V I # T # Q H # L L I # # # A # # # N
11R I O # E E # # P F E # T # # G # # # O
12A E N # S # # E N A # V # A # N # # # S
13H W # N # # M O # # T # I # T I # # # R
14C # O B J E C T I V E E # T # S # # # E
15L C # # H E R E H P S O M T A I # # # P
16I # Y T I L I B I S N O P S E R # # # T
17M # # N O I T U L O S E R # # # U # # S
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Word X Y Direction
ATMOSPHERE  1515w
BEHAVIOR  1719w
CHARACTER  114n
CLIMAX  114s
CONFLICT  714ne
CONSEQUENCES  215ne
DYNAMIC  818w
EXPECTATIONS  98e
EXPOSITION  33s
FALLINGACTION  2020w
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE  1111nw
FIRSTPERSON  2020n
FLAT  93s
LIMITEDOMNISCIENT  172w
METAPHOR  1315nw
MOOD  152s
MOTIVATION  11e
OBJECTIVE  314e
OMNISCIENT  102w
PERSONIFICATION  33e
PLOT  118ne
POINTOFVIEW  23s
RESOLUTION  1317w
RESPONSIBILITY  1616w
RISINGACTION  1616n
ROUND  43se
SETTING  512n
SIMILE  134w
STATIC  1614nw
THEME  416ne