Unit 1 Vocabulary

5. The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
8. A short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing.
12. A distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or numbering.
13. The full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
15. The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.
17. The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character.
18. Give (something, especially money) in order to help achieve or provide something.
19. Represent by means of symbols.
20. Establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.
21. Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
22. Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

1. The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
2. A brief statement or account of the main points of something.
3. A person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.
4. A person in a novel, play, or movie.
6. Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
7. An assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt.
9. A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
10. The act or process of moving through, under, over, or past something on the way from one place to another.
11. Question (someone) to discover their opinions or experience
14. The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about
16. The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.