Academic Vocabulary

ANTAGONIST
ATMOSPHERE
BASICSITUATION
CHARACTER
CLIMAX
COMPLICATIONS
CONFLICT
DIALOGUE
DICTION
EXPOSITION
FLASHBACK
FLASHFOWARD
FORESHADOWING
MOTIVATION
NARRATOR
PLOT
POEM
PROTAGONIST
RESOLUTION
SEQUENCE
SETTING
THEME
TONE

These are terms you should know as you read and analyze stories.

Try to find all 23 words on this board.

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

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2T E N O T S I N O G A T N A #
3M C H A R A C T E R # # S # #
4O F O R E S H A D O W I N G P
5S F # M # X # C T # C # N L T
6P L L # P M P C L S # A O E S
7H A # A E L I O I I R T U D I
8E S G O S L I T S R M G # I N
9R H P N F H U C A I O A # C O
10E B # N I A F T A L T # X T G
11# A O # T T O O A T # I H I A
12# C # I # R T I W # I E O O T
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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  142w
ATMOSPHERE  11s
BASICSITUATION  88sw
CHARACTER  23e
CLIMAX  85se
COMPLICATIONS  23se
CONFLICT  212ne
DIALOGUE  713ne
DICTION  147s
EXPOSITION  54se
FLASHBACK  25s
FLASHFOWARD  25se
FORESHADOWING  34e
MOTIVATION  121w
NARRATOR  135sw
PLOT  154sw
POEM  39ne
PROTAGONIST  1515n
RESOLUTION  1114w
SEQUENCE  1015w
SETTING  914nw
THEME  1410sw
TONE  52w