Story Elements

ALLEGORY
ALLUSION
ANTAGONIST
AUTHORSPURPOSE
CHARACTERS
CLIMAX
CONFLICT
EXPOSITION
FALLINGACTION
HYPERBOLE
IRONY
METAPHOR
MOOD
ONOMATOPOEIA
PERSONIFICATION
PLOT
PROTAGONIST
RESOLUTION
RISINGACTION
SETTING
SIMILE
SUSPENSE
THEME
TONE

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Answer Key for Story Elements

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7A L L E G O R Y I L # # I I C
8# S I M I L E F O # # # T M I
9# # # # N O I S U L L A T A L
10# # # # # N E I R O N Y E X F
11A U T H O R S P U R P O S E N
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Word X Y Direction
ALLEGORY  17e
ALLUSION  129w
ANTAGONIST  115w
AUTHORSPURPOSE  111e
CHARACTERS  106w
CLIMAX  145s
CONFLICT  1513n
EXPOSITION  214e
FALLINGACTION  131w
HYPERBOLE  14e
IRONY  810e
METAPHOR  23e
MOOD  141s
ONOMATOPOEIA  142w
PERSONIFICATION  88ne
PLOT  115n
PROTAGONIST  115e
RESOLUTION  611ne
RISINGACTION  313e
SETTING  1311n
SIMILE  28e
SUSPENSE  412e
THEME  1115e
TONE  124w