Academic Vocabulary

ANTAGONIST
ATMOSPHERE
BASICSITUATION
CHARACTER
CLIMAX
COMPLICATIONS
CONFLICT
DIALOGUE
DICTION
EXPOSITION
FLASHBACK
FLASHFOWARD
FORESHADOWING
MOTIVATION
NARRATOR
PLOT
POEM
PROTAGONIST
RESOLUTION
SEQUENCE
SETTING
SUSPENSE
THEME
TONE

These are terms you should know as you read and analyze stories.

Try to find all 24 words on this board.

C O M P L I C A T I O N S K B
H M O E T S I N O G A T N A E
A F T R H T E Q P R C D S G S
R F I E E D N Y R I R I N E N
A K V H M K O A L A C O T P E
C C A P E B T F W S I T R D P
T A T S W O N O I T I O I L S
E B I O R O F T U N L C O U U
R H O M C H U L G B T T F W S
Z S N T S A O C L I M A X P B
D A H A T S I N O G A T O R P
T L L I E E C N E U Q E S A Z
I F O R E S H A D O W I N G A
H N T P O E M E U G O L A I D
X E X P O S I T I O N P N C B
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Answer Key for Academic Vocabulary

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1C O M P L I C A T I O N S # B
2H # O E T S I N O G A T N A E
3A # T R H # E # # R C D S # S
4R # I E E # N # R I R I N E N
5A K V H M # O A L A C O T # E
6C C A P E # T F W S I T # D P
7T A T S # O N O I T I # I L S
8E B I O R O F T U N # C O # U
9R H O M C H U L G # T T # # S
10# S N T S A O C L I M A X # #
11# A # A T S I N O G A T O R P
12# L L I E E C N E U Q E S # #
13# F O R E S H A D O W I N G #
14# N # P O E M E U G O L A I D
15# E X P O S I T I O N # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  142w
ATMOSPHERE  411n
BASICSITUATION  88sw
CHARACTER  11s
CLIMAX  810e
COMPLICATIONS  11e
CONFLICT  59ne
DIALOGUE  1514w
DICTION  146sw
EXPOSITION  215e
FLASHBACK  213n
FLASHFOWARD  213ne
FORESHADOWING  313e
MOTIVATION  31s
NARRATOR  121sw
PLOT  156sw
POEM  414e
PROTAGONIST  1511w
RESOLUTION  413ne
SEQUENCE  1312w
SETTING  153sw
SUSPENSE  159n
THEME  52s
TONE  76n