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

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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  214n
ATMOSPHERE  155s
BASICSITUATION  88ne
CHARACTER  113n
CLIMAX  104w
COMPLICATIONS  151w
CONFLICT  511e
DIALOGUE  513e
DICTION  614e
EXPOSITION  113w
FLASHBACK  132sw
FLASHFOWARD  132w
FORESHADOWING  133s
MOTIVATION  1412n
NARRATOR  38e
PLOT  44w
POEM  44nw
PROTAGONIST  44s
RESOLUTION  515e
SEQUENCE  313n
SETTING  610e
SUSPENSE  512e
THEME  115s
TONE  88nw