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

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

Try to find all 24 words on this board.

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

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1B # # R O T A R R A N # K G #
2# A N T A G O N I S T E C N X
3N S S D I A L O G U E R A I A
4# O N I R # # # # # C E B W M
5E # I O C A # E # # N H H O I
6M # # T I S W N # # E P S D L
7E T # # U T I O # # U S A A C
8H # O # # L A T F # Q O L H H
9T C I L F N O C U H E M F S A
10E S N E P S U S I A S T # E R
11# S E T T I N G E L T A # R A
12T S I N O G A T O R P I L O C
13# # N O I T A V I T O M O F T
14# D I C T I O N M E O P O N E
15# # E X P O S I T I O N # C R
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  22e
ATMOSPHERE  1211n
BASICSITUATION  88se
CHARACTER  157s
CLIMAX  157n
COMPLICATIONS  1415nw
CONFLICT  89w
DIALOGUE  43e
DICTION  214e
EXPOSITION  315e
FLASHBACK  139n
FLASHFOWARD  1413nw
FORESHADOWING  1412n
MOTIVATION  1213w
NARRATOR  111w
PLOT  510nw
POEM  1214w
PROTAGONIST  1112w
RESOLUTION  1012nw
SEQUENCE  1110n
SETTING  211e
SUSPENSE  810w
THEME  19n
TONE  88n