Characters
This person finds James on the shore
Who is the narrator?
The name of the ship
What is the 'Nancy Bell'?
The Nancy Bell crashes on a reef, and ten out of seventy men survive.
What is inciting force?
Line is the most reapeted in the poem
What is "Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold..."?
what narrative device is used at the begining of the ballad?
flashback
Tells the story of what happened on the Nancy Bell
Who is James? (Who is the sailor?)
This causes the ship to wreck
What is a reef?
The old sailor tells the story of the ship Nancy Bell to the narrator.
What is introduction?
Line that the narrator say when he admits he doesn't understand the sailor's claim.
What is "I'll eat my hand if I understand however you can be"
This prepares the reader for the outcome
foreshadowing
The first person eaten after the survivors draw lots
Who is the captain?
Amount of men who survive the initial shipwreck
What is ten men?
James eats the cook, and sees rescue coming.
What is falling action?
Line that describes how the sailor gets rid of something before telling his story
What is "And having got rid of a thumping quid..."
This presents a memory
flashback
This person is eaten after the Nancy's mate
Who is the midshipmite?
The sea was the Nancy Bell was sailing
What is the Indian Sea?
Cook and James argue to who's turn it is to be sacrificed.
What is crisis?
Line that shows the sailor describing how close the crew came to drowning
What is "And pretty nigh all the crew was drowned..."
Creates a sudden and shocking twist
What is surprise?
This is the last person left with James
Who is Tom? (Who is the cook?)
This problem makes the survivors draw lots
What is (a) lack of food and water?
James pushes the cook into the boiling broth
What is climax?
Final explaination reveals why the sailor reapeats his wried line.
What is he ate every member of the crew, so he "is" all of them.
3 narrative devices that we that we talked about
flashback, foreshadowing, and surprise