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

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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  15se
ATMOSPHERE  153w
BASICSITUATION  88nw
CHARACTER  115e
CLIMAX  712w
COMPLICATIONS  21se
CONFLICT  87e
DIALOGUE  113e
DICTION  85e
EXPOSITION  25se
FLASHBACK  1415nw
FLASHFOWARD  13s
FORESHADOWING  24se
MOTIVATION  131w
NARRATOR  82e
PLOT  116se
POEM  511nw
PROTAGONIST  54e
RESOLUTION  64se
SEQUENCE  16se
SETTING  314e
SUSPENSE  86e
THEME  157s
TONE  42w