Vocabulary 1
What word means interesting and worth remembering?
Memorable
What word means shocked and scared?
Horrified
What did Stormy do when he wasn't at sea?
Farm
Why did Stormy return to sea?
He had a yearning of belonging.
What is the genre of this story?
Tall Tale
An outcast is someone who....
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Shortage
How do the sailors show how much they care about Stormy?
A) By making up songs about him
B) By building a ship for him
C) By asking him to return to sea
B) By building a ship for him
Which part of this passage is an example of a hyperbole?
A giant baby, three fathoms tall - or eighteen feet! - was crawling across the sand, crying in a voice as loud as a foghorn.
A giant baby, three fathoms tall - or eighteen feet
Crying in a voice as loud as a foghorn.
This stories contains many _____________ to make it humorous and exaggerated.
hyperboles
What does seafaring mean?
Traveling by or working at sea
What does tidal mean?
Having to do with the ocean and its tides
How does Stormy feel as a child growing up on Cape Cod?
Sad/Rejected
He wishes he could be like everyone else.
Why is Stormy disappointed when he arrives in Boston?
A) It is not far away from the sea.
B) People recognize him and ask for favors.
C) The buildings are the same size as the ones in Cape Cod.
D) He can only find a job as a cabin boy.
C) The buildings are the same size as the ones in Cape Cod.
What is first person point-of-view?
The story is told through a character.
Key Words: I, me, us, we
This occurs on top of water and looks like bubbles.
Foaming
After running 15 miles through a hurricane her condition was horrendous.
What does condition mean?
The way someone or something is
From reading the following passage, what point-of-view is it told from and how do you know?
But all the time Stormy was watering, hoeing, picking, and planting, he knew he still had not found a home.
Third Person Point-of-View
It is told through an outsider/narrator and uses the word he, talking about Stormy.
When do the sailors on The Lady of the Sea begin to accept Stormy?
A) When they see him sleeping in a rowboat
B) When the captain first hires him
C) When he fights a giant octopus
D) When he teaches the sailors new songs
C) When he fights a giant octopus
Define the 3 homophones in the following sentence.
The minor boy peeked around the curtain to see how long the wait was for the roller coaster.
Minor: young, under age
Peek: to look sneakily
Wait: to hold-on
What does betrayed mean? Give an example.
Hurt by someone or something that had once been loyal or useful
What does yearning mean? Give an example.
A feeling of wanting something very badly
How is Stormalong and Hoderi the Fisherman different?
A) Stormalong describes a character who wants to fit in
B) Stormalong takes place in more than one setting
C) Stormalong describes a character is becomes an outcast at the end of the story
A) Stormalong describes a character who wants to fit in
Which is not an example of a hyperbole?
A) "The ship's towering masts had to be hinged to let the sun and moon go by."
B) "Stormy felt like an outcast as he packed his trunk, hoisted it over his shoulder, and started away."
C) "The vessel was so big that it knocked an island clear into the Gulf of Mexico!"
B) "Stormy felt like an outcast as he packed his trunk, hoisted it over his shoulder, and started away."
Provide an example of a first person POV sentence and a third person POV sentence.
First Person POV: uses I, me, we, us
Third Person POV: he, she, they, their