| A | B |
| perverse | resistant to guidance or discipline |
| inevitable | an unavoidable event |
| mesa | a desert rock that has a braod flat top |
| aim | having a purpose or desired outcome |
| dreary | boring, sad,gray |
| penetrate | forcing a way into or through |
| enclosure | an area that is fenced in |
| ethnicity | common national and cultural heiratage |
| amatuer | a person who is good at an activity but is unpaid |
| irony | the opposite of what one expects |
| stanza | the grouping of phrases in a poem similar to a paragraph in prose |
| central theme | the main idea or lesson from a story |
| speaker | the person talking or narrating a story |