Academic Vocabulary

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

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B R B N D N C O N F L I C T Q
S H N T A C O I D D E G J N O
N N H O C R I I I I N N O J E
P L O T I Y R A T O O I V K D
R E S I J T L A I C T W Z C R
O R S K T O I T T A I O R A A
T E H U G A A S U O C D E B W
A H A U S V C T O L R A T H O
G P E S I P I I I P T H C S F
O S O T C S E M L H X S A A H
N O O E C S A N E P R E R L S
I M W I M X U M S R M R A F A
S T S E Q U E N C E D O H Q L
T A N T A G O N I S T F C E F
B C D R E S O L U T I O N D S
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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  214e
ATMOSPHERE  214n
BASICSITUATION  88ne
CHARACTER  1314n
CLIMAX  117sw
COMPLICATIONS  1314nw
CONFLICT  71e
DIALOGUE  102sw
DICTION  127nw
EXPOSITION  1211nw
FLASHBACK  1412n
FLASHFOWARD  1514n
FORESHADOWING  1213n
MOTIVATION  212ne
NARRATOR  41se
PLOT  14e
POEM  29se
PROTAGONIST  14s
RESOLUTION  415e
SEQUENCE  313e
SUSPENSE  36se
THEME  119sw
TONE  115n