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

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1R # # D # C H A R A C T E R B
2O # G I X # # # # O # N T A #
3T N N C A # # # N E O N S N E
4A O I T M # # F C I O I I T R
5R I W I I # L N T I C # N A E
6R T O O L I E I T S K E O G H
7A A D N C U S U I C U # G O P
8N V A T Q O L T A G # G A N S
9# I H E P O U B O T N # T I O
10P T S X S A H L # I O O O S M
11O O E E T S A # T # N L R T T
12E M R I A I # T H E M E P # A
13M # O L D # E S N E P S U S #
14# N F L A S H F O W A R D # #
15# C O M P L I C A T I O N S #
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  142s
ATMOSPHERE  1512n
BASICSITUATION  88sw
CHARACTER  61e
CLIMAX  57n
COMPLICATIONS  215e
CONFLICT  111sw
DIALOGUE  513ne
DICTION  41s
EXPOSITION  311ne
FLASHBACK  314ne
FLASHFOWARD  314e
FORESHADOWING  313n
MOTIVATION  212n
NARRATOR  18n
PLOT  1312nw
POEM  110s
PROTAGONIST  1312n
RESOLUTION  312ne
SEQUENCE  310ne
SETTING  614ne
SUSPENSE  1413w
THEME  812e
TONE  139sw