| A | B |
|---|
| blurred | out of focus |
| author's style | the way an author says something; (the type of words, the tone of voice...) |
| varied sentence structure | some sentences are long and others are short, giving a natural feeling |
| staccato | short and choppy |
| dusky | dim, shadowy, nearing sunset |
| warming house | the building where skaters come in to get warm |
| flight jacket | made of leather and worn by airplane pilots |
| character traits | what makes characters memorable, realistic and believable |
| B-17 | a bomber plane used in World War II; also known as the "Flying Fortress" |
| banking | tilting sideways when making a turn |
| newsreels | short films about current events |
| conflict | challenges in a story; can be physical, personal, emotional, internal or external |
| character development | how a character grows and changes by dealing with the conflict in a story |
| metaphor | a literary device used to compare two different things |
| simile | a figure of speech that draws a comparison between two different things, especially a phrase containing the word "like" or "as" |
| weave | to move in and out or from side to side |
| wheel-dogs | specially trained dogs that steer a sled across frozen, snow-covered ground |
| northern lights | streaks of light seen in the night sky in the northern hemisiphere; aurora borealis |
| go down | to die (an animal handler's expression) |
| runners | blades under a sled that help it move over snow or ice |
| external challenges | challenges that are outside of the character |
| coherent | consistent within itself; logical |
| menace | threat of danger |
| rummaging | hastily searching through the contents of a container |
| autobiography | the story of someone's life written by that person |
