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

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5R A O O C A U M I # N U G K T
6A G # L I S W T E # I E O C M
7C O # X P T I O # H T N L A O
8T N # E A S U T F # T C A B S
9E I N # O M O L U H E E I H P
10R S # P # N I # O A S # D S H
11E T X # E # # L # S T A # A E
12# E C O N F L I C T E I L L R
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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  22s
ATMOSPHERE  154s
BASICSITUATION  88se
CHARACTER  12s
CLIMAX  912nw
COMPLICATIONS  1515w
CONFLICT  312e
DIALOGUE  1310n
DICTION  43e
EXPOSITION  212ne
FLASHBACK  1413n
FLASHFOWARD  1413nw
FORESHADOWING  1313w
MOTIVATION  51e
NARRATOR  1414w
PLOT  57nw
POEM  614w
PROTAGONIST  32e
RESOLUTION  1213nw
SEQUENCE  122s
SETTING  1110n
SUSPENSE  84sw
THEME  118nw
TONE  88sw