Elements of Short Story

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Across
  1. 3. a brief work of fiction that uses imaginary characters and usually conveys a message about life
  2. 7. told by a character; uses "I"
  3. 9. character or force in conflict with the main character; "bad" guy
  4. 16. events of a story leading up to the climax; builds the tension
  5. 19. character versus an outside force: character v. character, nature, or society
  6. 22. stated directly in the work
  7. 23. the time and place of the action
Down
  1. 1. beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced
  2. 2. a central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work
  3. 4. the outcome of the conflict; any events that occur after the resolution; pulls together any loose ends of the story
  4. 5. a sequence of events in a story
  5. 6. character struggles with his/her own issues; character v. themself
  6. 8. implied by the dialogue and actions of the characters
  7. 10. the perspective from which a story is told
  8. 11. main character of the story
  9. 12. the point at which the conflict is the greatest
  10. 13. the introduction of the central conflict
  11. 14. narrator knows and tells what each character feels/thinks; uses "he" or "she"
  12. 15. narrator is outside of the action; only knows limited information about the character(s); uses "he" or "she"
  13. 17. struggle between 2 or more opposing forces
  14. 18. the events that occur in the story to get from the climax to the solution
  15. 20. people or animals who take part in the action
  16. 21. imaginary characters and events; it may be based on real life