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

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1C O N F L I C T # # # # E # #
2# # C H A R A C T E R R F N C
3M O T I V A T I O N E L O # O
4N A R R A T O R O H A I R F M
5D I C T I O N I P S T E E L P
6# # # # # X T S H A S D S A L
7P L O T A I O F U O I E H S I
8O # # M S M O T L A Q S A H C
9E # I O T W I U L U E N D B A
10M L P A A S T O E T E E O A T
11C X # R C I G N T # M P W C I
12E # D I O U C I # # E S I K O
13# # S N E E N # # # H U N # N
14# A N T A G O N I S T S G # S
15B P R O T A G O N I S T O N E
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  214e
ATMOSPHERE  410ne
BASICSITUATION  88ne
CHARACTER  32e
CLIMAX  111ne
COMPLICATIONS  152s
CONFLICT  11e
DIALOGUE  126sw
DICTION  15e
EXPOSITION  112ne
FLASHBACK  144s
FLASHFOWARD  132sw
FORESHADOWING  133s
MOTIVATION  13e
NARRATOR  14e
PLOT  17e
POEM  17s
PROTAGONIST  215e
RESOLUTION  134sw
SEQUENCE  136sw
SETTING  128sw
SUSPENSE  1214n
THEME  1114n
TONE  1215e