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

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1B # C O M P L I C A T I O N S
2M A T M O S P H E R E # O # E
3E N S D I C T I O N # I # # Q
4O T I I R E S O L U T I O N U
5P A N A C A # E # I H # # K E
6M G O L # S W N S R E # # C N
7O O G O # # I O O # M # L A C
8T N A G # # P T F # E I # B E
9I I T U # X A L U H M # # H S
10V S O E E R # # O A S # # S N
11A T R # R # # # X T T A # A E
12T # P A G N I T T E S I L L P
13I G N I W O D A H S E R O F S
14O C H A R A C T E R # # # N U
15N # T C I L F N O C # # # # S
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  22s
ATMOSPHERE  22e
BASICSITUATION  88se
CHARACTER  214e
CLIMAX  146sw
COMPLICATIONS  31e
CONFLICT  1015w
DIALOGUE  43s
DICTION  43e
EXPOSITION  510ne
FLASHBACK  1413n
FLASHFOWARD  1413nw
FORESHADOWING  1313w
MOTIVATION  16s
NARRATOR  313ne
PLOT  78se
POEM  15n
PROTAGONIST  312n
RESOLUTION  54e
SEQUENCE  151s
SETTING  1112w
SUSPENSE  1515n
THEME  114s
TONE  88n