| A | B |
| Ambition | a strong desire and determination to achieve |
| Assure | to make something certain to happen or a guarantee |
| Belittle | make someone seem small or unimportant |
| Destiny | something meant to happen to a person in the future |
| Influence | ability to have an effect on the behavior of something |
| Prominent | important or famous |
| Recede | to move away from |
| Resigned | showing acceptance of something unpleasant |
| Routine | a habit or procedure that happens on a regular basis |
| Temporary | not permanent |
| Triumphant | feeling or expressing joy after having won victory |
| Variation | different form or version of something |
| figurative language | language that contains or uses figures of speech |
| Hyperbole | exaggerated statements |
| Repetition | literary device that intentionally uses the same word or phrase at least twice for effect |
| Imagery | descriptive language that engages the reader's senses to create vivid mental pictures |
| Metaphor | figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things by stating one is the other without using like or as |
| Extended Metaphor | literary device that involves a detailed comparison between two unlike entities that is developed over several lines |
| Second Person Point of View | A narrative perspective that directly addresses the reading using the pronoun "you" |
| Context | refers to the background, environment, setting, or surroundings of events or occurrences |