Academic Vocabulary

ANTAGONIST
ATMOSPHERE
BASICSITUATION
CHARACTER
CLIMAX
COMPLICATIONS
CONFLICT
DIALOGUE
DICTION
EXPOSITION
FLASHBACK
FLASHFOWARD
FORESHADOWING
MOTIVATION
NARRATOR
PLOT
POEM
PROTAGONIST
RESOLUTION
SEQUENCE
SETTING
THEME
TONE

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

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

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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  1414n
ATMOSPHERE  212e
BASICSITUATION  88nw
CHARACTER  1315nw
CLIMAX  75se
COMPLICATIONS  135w
CONFLICT  135s
DIALOGUE  124w
DICTION  211n
EXPOSITION  1114w
FLASHBACK  615e
FLASHFOWARD  153s
FORESHADOWING  33e
MOTIVATION  134sw
NARRATOR  1213w
PLOT  712ne
POEM  76sw
PROTAGONIST  141w
RESOLUTION  142w
SEQUENCE  15s
SETTING  114ne
THEME  312n
TONE  41w