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

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1B # # # # E S N E P S U S # #
2A A C O M P L I C A T I O N S
3T N S R E T C A R A H C D D E
4M T N I D I C T I O N O I R Q
5O A A O C K # # C # E N A A U
6S G R # I S C L # N # F L W E
7P O R # # T I A O # # L O O N
8H N A # # M U T B # # I G F C
9E I T # A # # L U H # C U H E
10R S O X M E O P O A S T E S #
11E T R G N I T T E S T A # A #
12M N O I T I S O P X E I L L #
13E G N I W O D A H S E R O F #
14H # N O I T A V I T O M # N #
15T S I N O G A T O R P L O T #
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  22s
ATMOSPHERE  12s
BASICSITUATION  88se
CHARACTER  123w
CLIMAX  95sw
COMPLICATIONS  32e
CONFLICT  123s
DIALOGUE  133s
DICTION  54e
EXPOSITION  1112w
FLASHBACK  1413nw
FLASHFOWARD  1413n
FORESHADOWING  1313w
MOTIVATION  1214w
NARRATOR  34s
PLOT  1115e
POEM  810w
PROTAGONIST  1115w
RESOLUTION  1213nw
SEQUENCE  152s
SETTING  1011w
SUSPENSE  131w
THEME  115n
TONE  88ne