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

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3# U E # P L O T E # C R S N #
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8R S A T C I R T H E M E N N B
9R E I I C A U X A M I L C I H
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11N # # C T E R E H P S O M T A
12S N O I T A C I L P M O C # L
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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  142s
ATMOSPHERE  1511w
BASICSITUATION  88sw
CHARACTER  411ne
CLIMAX  139w
COMPLICATIONS  1312w
CONFLICT  113sw
DIALOGUE  310n
DICTION  310ne
EXPOSITION  215e
FLASHBACK  1513n
FLASHFOWARD  31e
FORESHADOWING  313e
MOTIVATION  1114w
NARRATOR  111n
PLOT  53e
POEM  53s
PROTAGONIST  112w
RESOLUTION  102sw
SEQUENCE  133s
SETTING  1410w
SUSPENSE  22s
THEME  88e
TONE  82sw