Vocabulary
To be uncomfortably hot
What is swelter?
A large fire that is out of control
What is inferno?
The problem the character faces in a story
What is conflict?
A body of air or watch moving continuously in a certain direction
What is current?
inspecting or examining something very closely, especially to see if there are any problems with it
What is scrutiny?
To make dirty or pollute
What is foul?
The end of the story
What is resolution?
To move back or away
What is recede?
A point where two or more things meet
What is junction?
coming from or existing outside planet Earth
What is extraterrestrial
beginning of the story, we learn the characters, setting
What is exposition?
A person unfairly blamed for something
What is scapegoat?
A close friend you spend a lot of time with
What is comrade?
An icicle-shaped chunk of rock that hangs down from the ceiling of a cave
What is stalactite?
a state of uncontrolled excitement or wild activity
what is frenzy
Dirty, wet or limp from being in the rain
What is bedraggled
A very large city and its surrounding suburbs
What is a metropolis?
To throw a person into confusion
What is confound?
A large amount of liquid flowing rapidly and violently
What is torrential?
a very small organism
What is a microorganism?
The most exciting part of the story, we learn the outcome
What is climax?
Where the main character faces a series of conflicts
What is rising action?
Events leading to the end of the story
What is falling action?
To calm and focus the mind
What is meditate?
What is RAP (restate, answer, prove)?