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Feelings
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1. What does betrayed mean?
acted in a disloyal way
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6. What does memorable mean?
never forgotten
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13. How does Stormy feel growing up in Cape Cod?
He wishes he could be like everyone else.
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11. What point of view is this passage showing? "But all the time Stormy was watering, hoeing, picking, and planting, he knew he still had not found a home."
Third Person
100
4. What does seafaring mean?
Regularly traveling by sea.
200
2. What does yearning mean?
desire
200
7. What does tidal mean?
caused by the tides
200
14. Which text from the passage shows that Stormy loves the Ocean? "...folks used to say he had salt water in his veins?" or "...folks always guessed he was a sailor and asked him questions about the sea."
"...folks used to say he had salt water in his veins?"
200
12. Why is the sentence an example of hyperbole? "A giant baby three fathoms tall - or eighteen feet! - was crawling across the sand, crying in a voice as loud as a foghorn."
It contains wild exaggeration.
200
16. When do the sailors on 'The Lady of the Sea begin to accept Stormy?
When he fights a giant octopus for the anchor.
300
3. What does seafaring mean?
regularly traveling by sea
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8. What does condition mean?
general fitness
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15. Why is Stormy disappointed when he arrives in Boston?
The buildings are the same size as the ones in Cape Cod.
300
16. When do the sailors on "The Lady of the Sea" begin to accept Stormy?
When he fights a giant octopus for the anchor.
300
12. What is another meaning for wild exaggeration?
Hyperbole
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3. What does shortage mean?
lack of something
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9. What does outcast mean?
left out
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18. How do the sailors show how much they care about Stormy?
They build a huge ship for him.
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17. Is this sentence an example of an hyperbole? "Stormy felt like an outcast as he packed his trunk, hoisted it over his shoulder, and started away."
No
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17. Which sentence is NOT an hyperbole? "Sailors in every port told how he ate ... a hundred gallons of whale soup for lunch." or "Stormy felt like an outcast as he packed his trunk, hoisted it over his shoulder, and started away."
"Stormy felt like an outcast as he packed his trunk, hoisted it over his shoulder, and started away."
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5. What does horrified mean?
overcome with shock
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10. What does foaming mean?
bubbly
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19. How is "Stormalong" DIFFERENT from "Hoderi the Fisherman"?
He is a character who wants to fit in.
500
20. How are the events in "Stormalong" SIMILAR to the events in "Hoderi the Fisherman?
Both characters go on a quest.
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21. Why does Stormy decide to give up the seafaring life?
Stormy decides to give up the seafaring life because he is unhappy. He feels that the sea betrayed him. No ship is big enough for him and he is lonely.
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