| A | B |
| dialogue | speech between characters |
| journal | like a diary, but usually public |
| historical fiction | story based on history |
| sequence of events | order in which events happen |
| emigration | leaving one's country to live in another |
address,  | a speech |
| negotiating | talking in order to reach an agreement |
| plantations | large farms |
| coveted | wanted with great desire and envy |
company,  | a military unit of soldiers |
| ancient | very old |
| metaphor | a way of describing something by comparing it to something else |
trail of tears,  | Cherokee Native American tribe forced to march from Georgia to Oklahoma; many died |