Section 3 vocabulary

written conversation

• dialogue

• simile

• metaphor

• exposition

the unique language of a geographic region, class or group of people

• setting

• dialect

• differentiate

• omniscient

to guess what will happen next

• development

• episode

• predict

• idiom

the time, period, place and social environment in which the events of a text are located

• setting

• direct characterization

• motif

• structure

the conditions or circumstances surrounding something

• monitoring comprehension

• development

• context

• theme

to tell the difference

• point of view

• protagonist

• symbol

• differentiate

the way a character is presented and developed

• omniscient

• characterization

• personification

• hyperbole

when a writer explicitly states a character’s traits and qualities

• conflict

• direct characterization

• simile

• metaphor

when a character’s actions and speech reveal character traits

• analyze

• theme

• sequence

• indirect characterization

all -knowing

• exposition

• imagery

• omniscient

• point of view