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.

Try to find all 24 words on this board.

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

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2X N F L A S H F O W A R D # C
3A # O L N O I T C I D # # # O
4M A R I A N O I T A V I T O M
5I T E E T S I N O G A T O R P
6L M S E S A H # # # # H E E L
7C O H X E O U B P # # E C S I
8H S A P T # L T A O # M N N C
9A P D O T T # U I C E E E E A
10R H O S I O # # T S K M U P T
11A E W I N L # E # I C # Q S I
12C R I T G P N # # # O I E U O
13T E N I R O T A R R A N S S N
14E # G O T S I N O G A T N A S
15R # # N C O N F L I C T # # B
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  1414w
ATMOSPHERE  24s
BASICSITUATION  88nw
CHARACTER  17s
CLIMAX  17n
COMPLICATIONS  152s
CONFLICT  515e
DIALOGUE  61e
DICTION  113w
EXPOSITION  46s
FLASHBACK  32se
FLASHFOWARD  32e
FORESHADOWING  33s
MOTIVATION  154w
NARRATOR  1213w
PLOT  612n
POEM  97se
PROTAGONIST  155w
RESOLUTION  34se
SEQUENCE  1313n
SETTING  56s
SUSPENSE  1413n
THEME  125s
TONE  514ne