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

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3# # O C R # N # N E R # K # #
4# N R I O # O E O C E R C # E
5F O E L T # I M I N T O A T X
6L I S F A A T E T E C T B S P
7A T H N G T U H A U A A H I O
8S A A O O M L T C Q R R S N S
9H V D C N O O O I E A R A O I
10F I O L I S S N L S H A L G T
11O T W I S P E E P # C N F A I
12W O I M T H R # M L # I # T O
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Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  1414n
ATMOSPHERE  66s
BASICSITUATION  88nw
CHARACTER  1111n
CLIMAX  49s
COMPLICATIONS  914n
CONFLICT  49n
DIALOGUE  151w
DICTION  11e
EXPOSITION  154s
FLASHBACK  1311n
FLASHFOWARD  15s
FORESHADOWING  33s
MOTIVATION  213n
NARRATOR  1211n
PLOT  911se
POEM  52e
PROTAGONIST  52s
RESOLUTION  712n
SEQUENCE  1010n
SETTING  92e
SUSPENSE  1015w
THEME  88n
TONE  88s