Short Story Crossword

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Across
  1. 6. the outcome of the story--the information that ties up all (or many) of the story's loose ends.
  2. 8. the narrator uses "I" to tell his or her story.
  3. 13. only reveals the thoughts and feelings of one (or possibly a limited few) character(s)
  4. 15. the way a writer selects and arranges words to express ideas
  5. 18. narrators are not actually characters in the story.
  6. 19. the historical, physical, geographical and psychological location where a fictional work takes place
Down
  1. 1. narrators can reveal the thoughts of all their characters; they are "all-knowing."
  2. 2. a story with two parallel and consistent levels of meaning, on literal and one figurative
  3. 3. a person, object, action, place, or event that in addition to its literal or denotative meanings suggests a more complex meaning or range of meanings
  4. 4. does not reveal anyone's thoughts and provides the sort of external objective information that a camera (or an objective reporter) might record
  5. 5. main characters and are fully developed so that the reader can understand their personality and motivations.
  6. 7. the attitude of the speaker or author of a work toward the subject matter
  7. 8. a character who serves to contrast with another character. A hypocritical character, for example, may help emphasize the hero/heroine's honesty.
  8. 9. the explanation of the story's premise and background material necessary for the reader to understand the story
  9. 10. the central or dominant idea of a work of fiction
  10. 11. the scene which presents the story's decisive action
  11. 12. minor characters who are barely developed or may be stereotypes.
  12. 14. an extended narrative in prose. Typically the novel relates to a series of events or follows the history of a character or group of characters through a period of time
  13. 16. a fictional narrative generally centering on one climactic event and usually developing only a single character in depth; its scope is narrower than that of a novel
  14. 17. the peak in the story's action--the moment of highest dramatic tension