Academic Vocabulary

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

These are terms you should know as you read and analyze stories.

Try to find all 23 words on this board.

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

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1# F O R E S H A D O W I N G B
2N L S # X R O T A R R A N A T
3O A # N P E C N E U Q E S N O
4I S # P O O S M # # # I T T N
5T H N R S I E N # # C O E A E
6U F O O I H T M E S L U # G R
7L O I T T D # A I P G # T O E
8O W T A I # I T C O S C # N T
9S A A G O # U C L I I U # I C
10E R V O N A C A T L L # S S A
11R D I N T # I L F I # P # T R
12# # T I # D # N I # O # M # A
13# # O S # # O # # M # N # O H
14# N M T K C A B H S A L F # C
15# E R E H P S O M T A X # # #
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  142s
ATMOSPHERE  1115w
BASICSITUATION  88sw
CHARACTER  1514n
CLIMAX  710se
COMPLICATIONS  1514nw
CONFLICT  614ne
DIALOGUE  612ne
DICTION  67se
EXPOSITION  51s
FLASHBACK  1314w
FLASHFOWARD  21s
FORESHADOWING  31e
MOTIVATION  314n
NARRATOR  132w
PLOT  107ne
POEM  53se
PROTAGONIST  44s
RESOLUTION  111n
SEQUENCE  133w
SUSPENSE  1310nw
THEME  57ne
TONE  152s