Lesson 1 and 2

2. the way an author describes and develops characters in a text
4. to promote or improve the growth of something
6. characterization telling the readers about the characters with specific descriptive language
9. to dispense or give out
11. not being in its correct historical or chronological time, especially belonging to an earlier time
12. the social, cultural, and emotional associations of specific words. Generally, the connotation of a word can be thought of as positive, negative, or neutral.
13. wandering from place to place

1. to exclude someone from society or a group
3. characterization showing the reader what characters are like through statements, behaviors, emotions
5. a form of language that is spoken in a particular part of the country and/or by a particular group
7. language informal, everyday speech; the way people actually speak to one another
8. without the basic necessities of life
10. the quality of being clever or resourceful
14. the emotional "atmosphere" of a scene in a text, which often evokes feelings in the reader