Academic Vocabulary

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

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

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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  214e
ATMOSPHERE  510n
BASICSITUATION  88ne
CHARACTER  151w
CLIMAX  113w
COMPLICATIONS  151s
CONFLICT  12s
DIALOGUE  312n
DICTION  68se
EXPOSITION  212n
FLASHBACK  410n
FLASHFOWARD  132sw
FORESHADOWING  133s
MOTIVATION  1412n
NARRATOR  1313nw
PLOT  1215e
POEM  55e
PROTAGONIST  1215w
RESOLUTION  134sw
SEQUENCE  136sw
SETTING  122w
THEME  19s
TONE  414ne