| A | B |
| ecstatic | excited |
| charades | a game where you act out words |
| overseer | a supervisor |
| incessantly | without stopping |
| discernable | able to recognize |
| realization | a clear understanding |
| manhandled | physically mistreated |
| momentum | a force of movement |
| rekindled | brought to life again |
| curvature | a bend |
| to appease | to satisfy |
| wafts | aromas, smells |
| intimidating | threatening |
| oversight | a careless error |
| theme | main message or central idea |
| graphic essay | story with pictures |
| perspective | author's opinions or feelings |
| personal narrative | true story told in first person |
| dialogue | speaking among characters |
| strong adjectives | words that describe |
| verbs | words that show action |
| personification | giving human qualities to objects |
| similes | comparing using like or as |
| metaphor | comparing without like or as |
| tone | mood |
| vise grip | tool used to hold things in place |
| spectograph | type of camera attached to the Hubble Space Craft |
| interrogative sentence | a question |