| A | B |
| Aerial | from an elevated perspective; existing in or having to do with the |
| Desperate | having little or no hope |
| Ignite | to set something on fire |
| Standpipe | vertical pipe in a building that supplies water to fire hoses |
| Suffocate | to die from lack of oxygen |
| Historical Fiction | the genre comprising narratives that take place in the past and are characterized mainly by an imaginative reconstruction of historical events and people |
| First person point of view | the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view |
| Third person limited point of view | the narrator tells the story from the perspective of a single protagonist, referring to them by name or using a third person pronoun such as they/she/he. The narrator can only see inside the mind of the protagonist |
| Third person omniscient point of view | the narrator is all-seeing and all-knowing and will know the thoughts and feelings of more than one character |
| Central idea | also called the main idea, this is the most important idea(s) about the |
| Portrayal | description of a person to revel their perspective on events |