Plot : What is the sequence of events in the story?
Characters: What do we learn about the boy whom the story is about?
Point of View: Is the boy telling the story or is an outside narrator telling the story?
Theme: What does the author want us to learn from the story?
Setting: Where does the boy live?
Of these four words, the one which is most likely to have a negative flavor or connotation is d)meander. To confuse is the state of being bewildered or unclear in one's mind about something. To distract is to the divided attention of an individual or a group away from the designated object on which the focus should be put on. A harangue is a long speech delivered in front of an audience. To meander is to walk around aimlessly without a fixed direction which contains a negative flavor or connotation.
Dingy can be defined as dirty looking or shabby
