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

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2X N F T H E M E S E T T I N G
3P R O T A R R A N # # # # # #
4O N R I D R A W O F H S A L F
5S O E R T # # D I # # U # T L
6I I S E R A E I T M X S E S A
7T T H T E T U C A E A P C I S
8I A A C S M G T C O M E N N H
9O V D A O O O I I P I N E O B
10N I O R L S L O L S L S U G A
11# T W A U P A N P # C E Q A C
12# O I H T H I # M L # I E T K
13# M N C I E D # O # O # S N #
14# # G # O R # # C # # T # A #
15# # T O N E T C I L F N O C B
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  1414n
ATMOSPHERE  66s
BASICSITUATION  88nw
CHARACTER  413n
CLIMAX  1111n
COMPLICATIONS  914n
CONFLICT  1415w
DIALOGUE  713n
DICTION  85s
EXPOSITION  11s
FLASHBACK  154s
FLASHFOWARD  154w
FORESHADOWING  33s
MOTIVATION  213n
NARRATOR  93w
PLOT  911se
POEM  109n
PROTAGONIST  131w
RESOLUTION  56s
SEQUENCE  1313n
SETTING  92e
SUSPENSE  124s
THEME  42e
TONE  315e