| A | B |
| impoverished | poor |
| prominent | noticeable, well-known |
| combatant | fighter |
| brooding | nervous, anxious |
| idealism | reaching for high standards |
| paralysis | loss of function, usually a part of the body |
| migrant | moving from place to place |
| priority | important, needs to be done first |
| dominate | command, control |
| nonfiction | literature based on true events and facts |
| autobiograohy | story of a person's life told by that person |
| biography | story of a person's life told by another person |
| biographer | the writer who gathers information |
| essay | a short piece of writing on a single subject |
| informative article | provide facts about a subject |
| interview | conversation in which ine person asks questions of another person |
| chronological order | events presented in the order in which they happened |
| facts | can be proven |
| opinions | based on individual's beliefs, cannot be proven |