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

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

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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  214e
ATMOSPHERE  125s
BASICSITUATION  88ne
CHARACTER  1315n
CLIMAX  1112w
COMPLICATIONS  1515n
CONFLICT  1315w
DIALOGUE  413e
DICTION  113ne
EXPOSITION  114w
FLASHBACK  32e
FLASHFOWARD  143sw
FORESHADOWING  133w
MOTIVATION  1415n
NARRATOR  85sw
PLOT  15s
POEM  15se
PROTAGONIST  15e
RESOLUTION  123sw
SEQUENCE  116s
SETTING  81w
SUSPENSE  141w
THEME  615w
TONE  88s