Elements of Short Stories

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The act of making up your mind about something (8)
  2. 6. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding (6)
  3. 9. An energetic attempt to achieve something (8)
  4. 10. An abstract part of something (7)
  5. 12. The state of being active (6)
  6. 14. The effort ___ by a person in bringing about a result (12)
  7. 15. A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests (8)

Down

  1. 1. An adult person who is male (3)
  2. 3. The act or process of ___ (12)
  3. 4. A causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe (6)
  4. 5. A secret scheme to do something (4)
  5. 7. A formal expression by a meeting (10)
  6. 8. Relating to feelings. (9)
  7. 11. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon (7)
  8. 13. A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events (5)