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

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3# E O I I A C I N O R # O # M
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6A S E L S G O G S A A T S I C
7S I C O O U N A U C R C H T H
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9F O E E X # I O T L A L D V R
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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  214n
ATMOSPHERE  214e
BASICSITUATION  88ne
CHARACTER  156s
CLIMAX  156n
COMPLICATIONS  1013n
CONFLICT  1213n
DIALOGUE  61s
DICTION  71s
EXPOSITION  510n
FLASHBACK  1415w
FLASHFOWARD  14s
FORESHADOWING  133s
MOTIVATION  1413n
NARRATOR  1110n
PLOT  912n
POEM  912w
PROTAGONIST  811n
RESOLUTION  410n
SEQUENCE  313n
SETTING  313e
SUSPENSE  98n
THEME  25n
TONE  34n