| A | B |
| ardent | intensely devoted or enthusiastic |
| audience | those people who read or hear what you have written |
| autobiography | true life story written by and about the author |
| blithely | in a happy or cheerful manner |
| foreshadowing | predicting what will happen in the future |
| generalizations | statements that can apply to all humanity at large; a universal truth |
| melancholy | sad, gloomy, or depressed |
| piqued | angered or caused resentment |
| pogroms | organized persecutions and massacres |
| point of view | position from which things are seen |
| scullery | the room adjoining the room |
| hypochondriac | one who is always worried about his/her own health |
| simile | a comparison statement that uses 'like' or 'as' |
| veranda | a covered porch along the outside of a house |
| unbosoming | to disclose one's thoughts, feelings, or the like, especially in confidence |