Academic Vocabulary

ANTAGONIST
ATMOSPHERE
BASICSITUATION
CHARACTER
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.

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

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1T H E M E # K C A B H S A L F
2S N # G # R O T A R R A N E S
3I R O N T # D I C T I O N N D
4N E # I # C # # # # I # O O R
5O S N W T # I # # T # I # T A
6G O R O # A # L I # T # E S W
7A L E D I # U S F A # S C I O
8T U T A # T O T C N U # N N F
9O T C H # P A I I S O # E O H
10R I A S X # L V P S # C U G S
11P O R E # P # E I # C M Q A A
12L N A R M # N # # T E I E T L
13O # H O # S # # # O O # S N F
14T # C F E R E H P S O M T A #
15# # D I A L O G U E # # # # B
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  1414n
ATMOSPHERE  1414w
BASICSITUATION  88nw
CHARACTER  314n
COMPLICATIONS  314ne
CONFLICT  1210nw
DIALOGUE  315e
DICTION  73e
EXPOSITION  411ne
FLASHBACK  151w
FLASHFOWARD  1513n
FORESHADOWING  413n
MOTIVATION  1214nw
NARRATOR  132w
PLOT  111s
POEM  914ne
PROTAGONIST  111n
RESOLUTION  23s
SEQUENCE  1313n
SUSPENSE  127sw
THEME  11e
TONE  145n