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

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1# # # # C H A R A C T E R # B
2# # G # T S I N O G A T N A C
3N # N O I T A V I T O M S # L
4O E I D I C T I O N E I # # I
5I U W T C I L F N O C M # # M
6T G O S U S P E N S E # E # A
7U O D # S E T T I N G N # H X
8L L A # P R O T A G O N I S T
9O A H # L # U R O T A R R A N
10S I S # O A T M O S P H E R E
11E D E # T F L A S H B A C K #
12R # R I # # # E C N E U Q E S
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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  142w
ATMOSPHERE  610e
BASICSITUATION  88sw
CHARACTER  51e
CLIMAX  152s
COMPLICATIONS  1313w
CONFLICT  115w
DIALOGUE  211n
DICTION  44e
EXPOSITION  1515w
FLASHBACK  611e
FLASHFOWARD  314e
FORESHADOWING  313n
MOTIVATION  123w
NARRATOR  159w
PLOT  58s
POEM  515w
PROTAGONIST  58e
RESOLUTION  112n
SEQUENCE  1512w
SETTING  57e
SUSPENSE  46e
THEME  158nw
TONE  109ne