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

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1B # # M N # # E C N E U Q E S
2C A T M O S P H E R E C # E N
3H N S # I T H E M E O # X D O
4A T N I T # I # # N # P # R I
5R A E O C K # V F # O L P A T
6A G U # I S C L A S # O O W A
7C O G # D T I A I T # T E O C
8T N O # # C U T B X I # M F I
9E I L # T # I L U H A O # H L
10R S A # # O # # O A S M N S P
11# T I G N I T T E S T A I A M
12# # D S U S P E N S E I L L O
13# G N I W O D A H S E R O F C
14# # # # # # R O T A R R A N #
15E N O T S I N O G A T O R P #
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  22s
ATMOSPHERE  22e
BASICSITUATION  88se
CHARACTER  12s
CLIMAX  1513nw
COMPLICATIONS  1513n
CONFLICT  122sw
DIALOGUE  312n
DICTION  57n
EXPOSITION  142sw
FLASHBACK  1413nw
FLASHFOWARD  1413n
FORESHADOWING  1313w
MOTIVATION  41se
NARRATOR  1414w
PLOT  124s
POEM  135s
PROTAGONIST  1415w
RESOLUTION  1213nw
SEQUENCE  151w
SETTING  1011w
SUSPENSE  412e
THEME  63e
TONE  415w