Vocabulary
any kind of protective covering
What is armor?
Where does the action of the story take place?
What is an ocean at the Earth's center?
The narrator thought that there were many sea creatures fighting because ___.
What is there was much confusion and noise.
Why did the ichthyosaurus and the plesiosaurus ignore the men?
What is they didn't see them.
covers completely
What is encases?
How were ichthyosaurus and plesiosaurus alike?
1- they both were very large
2- they both had long necks
3- they both tried to kill the men
What is they were both very large?
What is the most likely reason the author wrote the selection?
What is to entertain readers with an exciting story?
Why did the narrator want to shoot at the animals?
What is it was his only defense?
snake, especially a big snake
What is serpent?
What caused the raft to be lifted out of the water?
What is sea monsters?
Why did the author present the story through one of the character's diary entries?
What is it gives the reader a more up close and personal adventure?
fell or moved suddenly downward or forward
What is plunged?
no longer existing
What is extinct?
The men found it hard to sleep because ___.
What is there was no darkness?
Why did the narrator think that "No other human has ever seen such a combat!"
What is he thought that sea creatures like this were extinct.
What happened first?
1) the sea creatures fought
2) the narrator grabbed his rifle
3) the professor identified the animals
What is the narrator grabbed his rifle?
very ugly, frightful, horrible
What is hideous?
How did the me feel when they saw the animals?
What is scared?
Why did the author end the story wondering if the ichthyosaurus was "on his way to the surface again, to destroy us."?
What is to keep the reader interested in what happens next?
Why is it important to the story that people did not know facts about the center of the Earth when the story was written?
What is it helped the readers thing that the story could be real?