Elements of Short Stories Literature III

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Across
  1. 1. Brief made-up tale with a beginning, a middle, and an ending.
  2. 7. Introduces the setting, the characters, and the basic situation.
  3. 9. the speed with which a narrator relates events.
  4. 12. Qualities that a character possesses.
  5. 13. the narrator makes direct statements about the character’s personality
  6. 16. Emotional atmosphere.
  7. 17. Reasons for a character's actions.
  8. 18. Sequence of events in a short story.
  9. 19. central message in a story that is expressed in many different eras and cultures.
  10. 20. solution usually occurs near the end of the story
  11. 21. Use of scenes within a story that interrupt the sequence of events to reveal past occurrences.
  12. 22. A story's conclusion.
  13. 24. Use of clues that hint at future events.
  14. 25. Turning point of a story.
  15. 26. Central message in a story that is expressed directly by an author.
  16. 27. The narrator is outside the story and the events and tells the thoughts and feelings of all the characters
  17. 28. object or element that stands for a larger meaning
Down
  1. 2. the narrator is outside the story but tells the thoughts and feelings of only on character.
  2. 3. Perspective from which a story is told.
  3. 4. Central message expressed in a story.
  4. 5. is a struggle between opposing forces.
  5. 6. is a person, an animal, or an object that participates in the action in the story.
  6. 8. a character grapples with his or her own opposing feelings beliefs needs or desires.
  7. 10. a character clashes with an outside force
  8. 11. the time and place in which a story occurs.
  9. 14. central message in a story that is expressed indirectly.
  10. 15. readers learn what the characters are like by analyzing what they say and do
  11. 23. Part of the story when the conflict lessens.