Academic Vocabulary

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

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

Try to find all 22 words on this board.

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

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1B # # F L A S H F O W A R D #
2R A N T A G O N I S T F C # T
3E T S # N E M E H T # O K R S
4S M # I # O # # C # M R C E I
5O O O # C # I I # P # E A T N
6L S # T # S L T L # X S B C O
7U P E # I F I I C P # H H A G
8T H # Q N V C T O I C A S R A
9I E # O U A A S U L D D A A T
10O R C # T E I T I A # O L H O
11N E # I # T N M I # T W F C R
12# # O # I # A C # O O I # # P
13# N # O # X # # E # N N O L O
14S # N D I A L O G U E G O N E
15# R O T A R R A N # # T # # M
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  22e
ATMOSPHERE  22s
BASICSITUATION  88se
CHARACTER  1411n
CLIMAX  118sw
COMPLICATIONS  132sw
CONFLICT  310ne
DIALOGUE  414e
DICTION  119nw
EXPOSITION  125sw
FLASHBACK  1311n
FLASHFOWARD  41e
FORESHADOWING  123s
MOTIVATION  24se
NARRATOR  915w
PLOT  1512sw
POEM  1512s
PROTAGONIST  1512n
RESOLUTION  12s
SEQUENCE  26se
THEME  103w
TONE  1111s