| A | B |
| enormous | very large |
| inhibitation | rules that are not written down but people follow |
| cursory | a quick glance without paying attention to details |
| denigration | to yell at and insult |
| euphoria | extrememe excitement and happiness |
| salvage | to save something |
| biculturalism | to have two cultures |
| dismal | to be sad, dreary, depressed |
| garish | to be bright and loud |
| character | a person or animal in the story |
| dramatic irony | when the audience is aware of something that a character is not |
| foreshadowing | hinting at something to come in the future |
| plot | the increasing problems and solutions of a story |
| narrator | the person who is telling the story |
| setting | time and place of the story |
| tone | the emotional response a story causes |
| genre | the type or style of story |
| anecdote | a very short story often funny or sad |