C-2 Vocabulary

to explain or write about something so that you can create a picture in your mind

• observe

• describe

• inference

• evidence

a person, animal or object in a fictional text

• motivation

• description

• character

• trait

words that are spoken between two or more characters represented with quotation marks " "

• evidence

• traits

• character

• dialogue

why characters do what they do

• evidence

• description

• motivation

• traits

a characteristic or quality that describes someone's personality, such as bossy, rude, kind, helpful

• character trait

• detail

• evidence

• inference

any evidence from a text that can be used to support ideas, arguments, or opinions

• inference

• detail

• trait

• text evidence