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Short Stories Word Search

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This 14-word word search focuses on short-story terms and literary devices for middle school readers. Hidden words include climax, conflict, personification, metaphor, and narrative structure, covering plot elements and figurative language. Use it during a short-story unit, as a reading-comprehension warm-up, or as a vocabulary review for fiction discussion.

Subject:: English / Language Arts
Topic:: Reading
Grade Level:: 6th – 8th Grades
Updated September 2023

Word List

RESOLUTION
EXPOSITION
CLIMAX
CONFLICT
EXTERNAL
INTERNAL
NARRATIVE
METAPHOR
PERSONIFICATION
NARRATOR
SIMILIE
DIALOGUE
INCIDENT
IMAGERY

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