Academic Vocabulary

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

These are terms you should know as you read and analyze stories.

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

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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  1414n
ATMOSPHERE  315e
BASICSITUATION  88nw
CHARACTER  414e
COMPLICATIONS  914n
CONFLICT  414ne
DIALOGUE  1213n
DICTION  1110n
EXPOSITION  49e
FLASHBACK  122w
FLASHFOWARD  13s
FORESHADOWING  33s
MOTIVATION  24s
NARRATOR  139n
PLOT  911nw
POEM  154n
PROTAGONIST  154s
RESOLUTION  51e
SEQUENCE  43e
SUSPENSE  45s
THEME  88n
TONE  88sw