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

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

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

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1# # # D A T M O S P H E R E B
2# # G I T S I N O G A T N A #
3E P N C L I M A X E D N S # C
4X R I T # # # # C I O I D O H
5P O W I E # # N A I C R M # A
6O T O O # N E L T S A P O K R
7S A D N # U O U I W L S T C A
8I G A # Q G L T O I E U I A C
9T O H E U O U F C T # S V B T
10I N S E S A H A T O L P A H E
11O I E E T S T I # # O E T S R
12N S R I A I N # # E # N I A #
13# T O L O G # # M # # S O L #
14# N F N A R R A T O R E N F #
15# # S E M E H T C I L F N O C
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  142w
ATMOSPHERE  51e
BASICSITUATION  88sw
CHARACTER  153s
CLIMAX  43e
COMPLICATIONS  153sw
CONFLICT  1515w
DIALOGUE  113sw
DICTION  41s
EXPOSITION  13s
FLASHBACK  1414n
FLASHFOWARD  314ne
FORESHADOWING  313n
MOTIVATION  135s
NARRATOR  414e
PLOT  1210w
POEM  1210sw
PROTAGONIST  23s
RESOLUTION  312ne
SEQUENCE  310ne
SETTING  127sw
SUSPENSE  127s
THEME  815w
TONE  88nw