Literature Terms
What was the author's purpose of this story?
What is to entertain?
Name one internal conflict for Sully.
What is anger, frustration, sadness, grief, or fear?
Name one internal conflict for Scoot.
What is confusion, pain, fear, frustration, anger, or sadness?
What is the name of the boat that comes to their rescue?
The Red Rooster
Are rogue waves common?
What is no?
What was the rising action of the story?
What is when Scoot becomes trapped in the galley?
Name at least one external conflict for Sully.
What is water, bloody hands, hull, or darkness?
Name at least one external conflict for Scoot.
What is water, battery acid, debris, flatware, or being trapped?
What is the name of the captain of the Red Rooster?
Mark Stevens
Why is the paragraph in the story about the Queen Elizabeth 2 in the story?
What is foreshadowing?
What was the climax of the story?
What is when Scoot had to dive down six times to escape?
Was Sully an experienced or inexperienced sailor with boats of this size?
What is an experienced sailor?
Give an example of how Scoot's name was used in foreshadowing in the story.
What is where they talked about her as a baby being small and quick.
What are two simultaneous settings where this story takes place?
What is the galley and the hull?
Where did the rogue wave in our story originate from?
Where is Australia?
What was the falling action of the story?
What is when the siblings were reunited and waiting to be rescued?
Sully tried to communicate with Scoot how in the beginning?
What is banging on the hull of the boat?
Name at least one character trait the text talks about when describing her.
She's tough, never quits, and is willing to work hard.
What is a mantra?
What is when something is repeated over and over?
What state, in the United States, is this story set closest to?
What is California?
What was the resolution of the story?
What is when The Sea Dog sank to the bottom of the ocean?
In desperation, Sully tried to communicate with Scoot how at the end of the story?
What is telepathy?
Scoot could not get the doors open to escape, why?
What is water pressure?
What is the theme of the story?
Never give up.
In this story the siblings shared a lot of the same internal conflicts, what is the one specific internal conflict that Sully alone had?
What is guilt?