Academic Vocabulary

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

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

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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  142w
ATMOSPHERE  116s
BASICSITUATION  88sw
CHARACTER  61e
CLIMAX  99s
COMPLICATIONS  315ne
CONFLICT  315e
DIALOGUE  138s
EXPOSITION  112n
FLASHBACK  42s
FLASHFOWARD  314ne
FORESHADOWING  313n
MOTIVATION  24s
NARRATOR  123w
PLOT  814w
POEM  612e
PROTAGONIST  145s
RESOLUTION  312ne
SEQUENCE  153s
SETTING  510n
SUSPENSE  127s
THEME  1015n
TONE  52se