Elements of a Short Story

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Across
  1. 3. the central idea about life that the story highlights
  2. 4. the author's emotional attitude toward the subject
  3. 9. physical and personality characteristics that are revealed indirectly or directly
  4. 11. the time, location, and place where a story takes place
  5. 12. action incidents which carry the plot along leading to the climax
  6. 14. introduces the reader to setting, basic situation, characters
  7. 17. action the character completes the action of their decision
  8. 18. other characters who are necessary to moving the plot along
Down
  1. 1. the feeling that the setting evokes
  2. 2. the villain in the story
  3. 5. the highest point of interest in the story when the characters reach a turning point
  4. 6. the hero of the story, the main character
  5. 7. any personalities who are involved in the plot of the story
  6. 8. a technique for hinting at events that may occur later
  7. 9. the problem in a story
  8. 10. incident first major action in the story that set the story in motion
  9. 13. the final working out of a story's conflict
  10. 15. the insertion of an earlier event into the time order of a narrative
  11. 16. the feeling of excitement and curiosity that keeps the reader reading