Story Elements
Across
- 3. presentation of characters and settings.
- 6. Character, complex character who develops throughout the course of the story
- 10. struggles within a character on personal choices, overcoming challenges,
- 11. the character that opposes or provides opposition to the protagonist.
- 12. peace, etc.
- 15. versus Man; Man versus Self; etc.
- 16. the conclusion of the story events and final resolution or releasing of
- 17. society or community.
- 18. struggles between a character and other tangible forces.
- 21. Characters, background characters that interact with the protagonist,
- 22. the time, location, environment, and mood in which a story takes place.
- 24. participant in a story defined by unique characteristics.
- 25. use of a story to explore theme of contrasting ideals, i.e.: Man versus Nature;
- 27. a reference in a story to a person, idea, or theme outside of the text.
- 28. struggles with forces outside one’s self.
- 30. the action and sequencing of events in a story.
- 31. place and conditions.
- 32. historical period, season, moment in a day.
Down
- 1. Character, character who stays more or less the same throughout the story and
- 2. struggles between a character and the ideas, practices, or culture of that
- 4. Action, the story conflict is revealed and developed.
- 5. main character of the story who relates to all the major events.
- 7. the problem that is the driving force of the story.
- 8. often be attributed to single descriptions or labels.
- 9. action, the resolution of the conflict and the after-effects of the climax.
- 13. struggles against life circumstances or destiny.
- 14. a story designed to represent a distinct, separate idea.
- 17. an event occurs that brings about the turning point in the conflict.
- 19. a comparison of an event/ character in a story to a person, idea, or theme outside the text.
- 20. social, political, and/ or emotional situation.
- 23. an overriding concept taken from the story that can be applied outside the literature
- 26. themes in the story, and/ or help drive the conflict of the story.
- 27. mood or tone of a scene or moment.
- 29. assigning a second or deeper meaning to an object, character, setting, or