| A | B |
| devotion | a state of being devoted |
| confusion | a state of being mixed up |
| mishandled | handled incorrectly |
| unrest | not at peace |
| illegal | not legal |
| gravity | state of being grave or serious |
| collectively | together as a whole |
| chaos | a state of total disorder and confusion |
| charismatic | having a powerful ability to charm and influence people |
| disperse | to break or scatter in various directions |
| unprecedented | never seen or done before |
| catapult | to cause something to rise forcefully and suddenly |
| oppression | the placement of unfair burdens and restrictions on a person or group |
| decade | a period of ten years |
| invigorating | energizing |
| inevitable | unable to be avoided |
| curfew | a regulation requiring a person to be at home at a certain time |
| sufficient | enough: adequate for the purpose |
| mood | the state of mind or feeling created in the reader by a literary work (e.g. worried, mysterious, surprised, relaxed) |
| inference | drawing conclusions (making a judgement based on text evidence, your own experience, and reasoning) |
| imagery | sensory details that allow the reader to see, hear, feel, smell, and taste what is happening |
| fact | a statement that can be proven |
| opinion | a statement that cannot be proven (a belief or a feeling) |
| Point of View (POV) | the outlook, position, or vantage point from which a short story or novel is presented by the author ( e.g. 1st person POV) |
| main idea | the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text |
| cause | the reason why something happens |
| effect | the result of a cause |
| setting | where and when a story takes place |