| A | B |
| positive | certain or sure |
| selecting | choosing or picking |
| onomatopoeia | a word that imitates the sound it stands for |
| denotation | the dictionary meaning of a word |
| consisted | made up of |
| bear | Miss Franny threw a book at him |
| simile | comparing things with like or as |
| advanced | beyond the beginning |
| connotation | the feeling associated with a word |
| snuffled | breathed noisily as if stopped up |
| peculiar | strange or odd |
| Winn-Dixie | smiling was his talent |
| realistic fiction | genre of the story |
| Florida | setting of the story |
| Opal | the narrator of the story |