| A | B |
| Birds | Daphne du Maurier |
| Poison | Roald Dahl |
| TMDG | Richard Connell |
| Ivan | the butler |
| Zaroff | the insane general |
| Rainsford | a famous big game hunter |
| Dogs | used to hunt Rainsford on the last day |
| quicksand | where General Zaroofs favorite dog died |
| ocean | Rainsford jumped into it |
| chateau | French word for a fancy big house |
| Conflect | struggle against an outside enemy or internal problem |
| Foreshadowing | hint as to what will hapen next |
| climax | the most emotional moment in a story |
| suspence | is the uncertainty or anxiety we feelabout what is going to happen next in a story |
| Harry Pope | had a snake on his belly |
| Timber | found did not speak any poison |
| Ganderbai | Doctor, came to help Harry and was insulted for his efforts |
| Krait | very poisonus snake |
| Chloroform | used to put the "snake" to sleep |
| setting | tells the reader where and when a story takes place |