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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N O E N X Z I P Q E Y O S N O
O D S F A P Q T Q N M I D T E
I I O L M X M U O P C K D A M
T A L I I L E I L S C R T G N
A L U C L N T I I A A M E O A
V O T T C C C T B W O S I N R
I G I E I A U H O S N T G I R
T U O D T A S F P E I N G S A
O E N I T A H H P S I N E T T
M M O I L S E S O T Z P G O O
E N O F A R U P T H E M E N R
S N Q L E S X E P P L O T E U
U G F O R E S H A D O W I N G
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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# P R O T A G O N I S T C A P
3N # E N X # # # # E # O S N O
4O D S F A # # # Q N M I # T E
5I I O L M # # U O P C K D A M
6T A L I I # E I L S C R T G N
7A L U C L N T I I A A M E O A
8V O T T C C C T B W O S I N R
9I G I E I A U H O S N T G I R
10T U O D T A S F P E I N # S A
11O E N I T A H H P S I # # T T
12M # O I L S E S O T # # # O O
13# N O F A R U P T H E M E N R
14S N # L E S X E # P L O T E #
15# # F O R E S H A D O W I N G
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  142s
ATMOSPHERE  145sw
BASICSITUATION  88sw
CHARACTER  41e
CLIMAX  58n
COMPLICATIONS  132sw
CONFLICT  41s
DIALOGUE  24s
DICTION  410ne
EXPOSITION  615ne
FLASHBACK  413ne
FLASHFOWARD  315ne
FORESHADOWING  415e
MOTIVATION  112n
NARRATOR  156s
PLOT  1014e
POEM  152s
PROTAGONIST  22e
RESOLUTION  32s
SEQUENCE  112sw
SETTING  715ne
SUSPENSE  614ne
THEME  913e
TONE  1411s