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

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1B # # # # K C A B H S A L F #
2E A N T A G O N I S T # # # #
3X # S # N O I T U L O S E R E
4P T S I N O G A T O R P # # C
5O # # # C M O T I V A T I O N
6S A T M O S P H E R E # # # E
7I P L O T D I C T I O N # # U
8T M E O P R O T A R R A N E Q
9I # E S N E P S U S # # N # E
10O D I A L O G U E A # O # # S
11N # C O N F L I C T T H E M E
12# # C O M P L I C A T I O N S
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15# R E T C A R A H C L I M A X
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  22e
ATMOSPHERE  26e
BASICSITUATION  88se
CHARACTER  1015w
CLIMAX  1015e
COMPLICATIONS  312e
CONFLICT  311e
DIALOGUE  210e
DICTION  67e
EXPOSITION  12s
FLASHBACK  141w
FLASHFOWARD  1314w
FORESHADOWING  1313w
MOTIVATION  65e
NARRATOR  138w
PLOT  27e
POEM  58w
PROTAGONIST  124w
RESOLUTION  143w
SEQUENCE  1510n
SUSPENSE  109w
THEME  1111e
TONE  1111ne