2. northwestward = north + west + ward or northwest + ward. "-ward" is a suffix meaning “in a (specific) direction or course". eg:eastward. westward. backward, upward, inward, outward, seaward, home-ward. etc.
• Narration is concerned with action. It goes around people called characters in some kind of struggle or conflict against other people, nature, society or themselves.
4. bathtub=bath + tub, a compound word formed by combining two nouns. eg: bathrobe, bathroom. bedroom, roommate, butterfly, dragonfly, football, housekeeper, etc.
the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico; a violent tropical cyclone with winds moving at 73 or more miles per hour,often accompanied by torrential rains.
typhoon, cyclone, hurricane
• Typhoon: Storms over the West Pacific Ocean and China seas.