Plot
Vocab
Story
Elements Reversed
Inferences
Anything Goes
100

Where is Scoot in the beginning of the story?

The galley of the Old Sea Dog

100

What is a porthole?

Circular window on a boat or ship.

100

the pacific ocean, 15 miles off the coast of Baja Californa

the setting of the story

100

What can we infer about Sully’s personality based on his actions after the boat capsized?

He is resourceful and determined to save Scoot.

100

In plot, what follows the rising action?

Climax

200

What is the name of the boat Sully and Scoot are sailing on?

The Old Sea Dog

200

What is a deck?

Platform on a boat where people stand.

200
The Old Sea Dog is flipped by the rogue wave.

Conflict of the story

200

What does Scoot’s ability to escape from the cabin tell us about her character?

She is brave and clever under pressure.

200

What are the five parts of the plot diagram? (IN ORDER)

Exposition

Rising Action

Climax

Falling Action

Resolution

300

What are the TWO settings in the story?

Outside on the Old Sea Dog and in the galley in the flipped boat.

300

If a bot is submerged, it is...

covered by water.

300

Sullivan Atkins was steering the boat.

Scoot was learning how to be a deep water sailor.

The exposition

300

Why is it important that the story is set on the open ocean?

It adds to the isolation and danger of their situation

300

What is an event that occurs in the rising action of the plot?

Scoot knocked out, Sully stuck outside

Scoot wakes up to a headache, water filling in upside down galley filled with oil and battery acid, doors are jammed

A boat does not see Sully waving, Scoot unscrews the last log with the wrench, running out of air and strength

400

Scoot was not strong enough to open the skylight, but she remembered something under the companionway steps. What was it and what was inside?

A toolbox with a wrench

400

The author uses swells to describe the motion of the ocean. A swell is....

a long unbroken wave

400
Fishing boat out of San Diego bound south to fish off the Revilla Gigeda Islands that came within 100 yards of the upside down sailboat and stopped to pick up its two shivering survivors

The resolution

400

What can we infer about the relationship between Scoot and Sully based on their communication during the crisis?

They trust and rely on each other.

400

What is the main type of conflict in Rogue Wave?

Man vs nature

Scoot/Sully vs the rogue wave

500

What makes rogue waves especially dangerous?

They cannot be predicted.

500

Anything, including books of literature, that can be read and analyzed or examined.

Text

500

Scoot and Sully hold each other, shivering, on top of the sinking Old Sea Dog

The falling action
500

What lesson can readers infer about human nature from the way Scoot and Sully handled their survival situation?

The importance of resilience, teamwork, determination, courage in overcoming challenges.

500

What is the difference between the conflict and climax?

CONFLICT: a struggle between two opposing forces, usually a protagonist and an antagonist

CLIMAX: highest point of interest and the turning point of the story. The conflict is resolved, challenged, or a crucial decision