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Feelings
Comparison
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2. What does yearning mean?
desire
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7. What does tidal mean?
caused by the tides
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14. Which text from the passage shows that Stormy loves the Ocean? "

a. "folks used to say he had salt water in his veins?"  

b. "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?"

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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.
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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.
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16. What marks the turning point when the sailors begin to accept and like Stormy. Think about a time Stormy helps the sailors of the Lady of the Sea

When he fights a giant octopus for the anchor.

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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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5. What does horrified mean?
overcome with shock
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10. What does foaming mean?
bubbly
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How does Stormy feel when he gets to Kansas and works on the farm?

He misses the sea


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What are these sentences an example of:

The strong waves roared against the shore, pulverizing (destroying) the pier. 

The wind sang through the trees


Personification