Unit 1 American Voices Vocabulary 1

a struggle, problem, or fight

• conflict

• description

• dialogue

• exposition

writing or speech that tells about something

• conflict

• description

• dialogue

• exposition

conversation between characters in writing, film, or drama

• conflict

• description

• dialogue

• exposition

writing that explains or shows

• conflict

• description

• dialogue

• exposition

order, as a linear order of steps or events

• sequence

• description

• dialogue

• exposition

essentially different in kind

• pluralistic

• disparate

• discordant

• interwoven

Unrelated or out of place

• pluralistic

• disparate

• discordant

• interwoven

Having multiple parts or aspects

• pluralistic

• disparate

• discordant

• interwoven

Intermingled or combined

• pluralistic

• disparate

• discordant

• interwoven

Variety of different ethnic or cultural groups

• diversity

• coalescing

• discordant

• interwoven