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

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1# N O I T I S O P X E M E H T
2A # G E U G O L A I D # # N S
3T G N I W O D A H S E R O F I
4M # I A P O E M E # E I N L N
5O T T P R # # Q # S T O O A O
6S S T L # R U X O A I # I S G
7P I E O # E A L U T # # T H A
8H N S T N M U T C E # # A B T
9E O # C I T I I O # N # V A O
10R G E L I S D # # R # O I C R
11E A C O C O N F L I C T T K P
12# T N I S U S P E N S E O # #
13# N S N O I T A C I L P M O C
14# A F L A S H F O W A R D # #
15B # # C H A R A C T E R # # #
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  214n
ATMOSPHERE  12s
BASICSITUATION  88ne
CHARACTER  415e
CLIMAX  311ne
COMPLICATIONS  1513w
CONFLICT  511e
DIALOGUE  112w
DICTION  710ne
EXPOSITION  111w
FLASHBACK  143s
FLASHFOWARD  314e
FORESHADOWING  133w
MOTIVATION  1313n
NARRATOR  33se
PLOT  45s
POEM  54e
PROTAGONIST  1511n
RESOLUTION  123sw
SEQUENCE  103sw
SETTING  38n
SUSPENSE  512e
THEME  151w
TONE  1311nw