Academic Vocabulary

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

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

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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  1414w
ATMOSPHERE  52e
BASICSITUATION  88nw
CHARACTER  415e
CLIMAX  912nw
COMPLICATIONS  312e
CONFLICT  312n
DIALOGUE  111w
DICTION  84e
EXPOSITION  53se
FLASHBACK  23se
FLASHFOWARD  23s
FORESHADOWING  33e
MOTIVATION  1413nw
NARRATOR  1412n
PLOT  96e
POEM  105se
PROTAGONIST  1511n
RESOLUTION  112n
SEQUENCE  1313w
SUSPENSE  63se
THEME  514w
TONE  88sw