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.

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

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9N # O O # Q U I O P A H C I O
10F T # # P A E S L R X S A S L
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12I N O I T A V I T O M R A H T
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14T N # K C A B H S A L F C M O
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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  142s
ATMOSPHERE  111w
BASICSITUATION  88sw
CHARACTER  1314n
CLIMAX  115s
COMPLICATIONS  1314nw
CONFLICT  17s
DIALOGUE  42e
DICTION  513e
EXPOSITION  1211nw
FLASHBACK  1214w
FLASHFOWARD  1315w
FORESHADOWING  1213n
MOTIVATION  1112w
NARRATOR  123w
PLOT  57sw
POEM  510nw
PROTAGONIST  1111nw
RESOLUTION  156s
SEQUENCE  811nw
SETTING  811w
SUSPENSE  810nw
THEME  1411s
TONE  65e