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

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9X C O M P L I C A T I O N S I
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11P # # # C K C A B H S A L F T
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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  214e
ATMOSPHERE  1010w
BASICSITUATION  88ne
CHARACTER  148w
CLIMAX  146w
COMPLICATIONS  29e
CONFLICT  52e
DIALOGUE  812e
DICTION  812w
EXPOSITION  110n
FLASHBACK  1411w
FLASHFOWARD  121w
FORESHADOWING  133w
MOTIVATION  1313w
NARRATOR  114w
PLOT  18e
POEM  111s
PROTAGONIST  151s
RESOLUTION  515e
SEQUENCE  16e
SETTING  87w
SUSPENSE  95w
THEME  1114e
TONE  115e