Short Story Terms
Across
- 1. these characters change in some important way because of the plot events
- 4. provides the last piece of information for the reader
- 8. finds out what happens with the conflict
- 9. these characters are complex people with several sides to their personality
- 11. a series of steps that lead to the climax
- 13. the readers meet the characters and setting
- 14. series of actions that make up the story
- 16. the plot begins to wrap up
Down
- 2. the force against the protagonist
- 3. a hint of events to come
- 5. the main character in the story
- 6. drives the plot forward
- 7. anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain situation
- 10. when a character thinks back to an event that has occurred in the past
- 12. these characters typically do not change through the course of a story
- 15. fictional tale of a length that is too short to publish
- 17. message of the story stated in one sentence