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

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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  1414w
ATMOSPHERE  25s
BASICSITUATION  88nw
CHARACTER  115e
CLIMAX  124w
COMPLICATIONS  115n
CONFLICT  124s
DIALOGUE  63e
DICTION  513ne
EXPOSITION  133s
FLASHBACK  32se
FLASHFOWARD  32e
FORESHADOWING  33s
MOTIVATION  41e
NARRATOR  313ne
PLOT  1015e
POEM  135w
PROTAGONIST  142s
RESOLUTION  34se
SEQUENCE  36se
SUSPENSE  1511n
THEME  411n
TONE  1214nw