Plot & Suspense
These paragraphs provide context on rogue waves and their danger.
What are paragraphs 1 and 3?
Sully keeps repeating this word, hoping Scoot will hear and escape.
What is “skylight”?
“Navigation” in paragraph 7 most closely means this.
What is guiding a course at sea?
“Mr. Russell plays many instruments.” is this type of sentence.
What is a simple sentence?
This characteristic best identifies the selection as an adventure story.
What is characters facing a specific danger?
This event is the climax of the story.
What is Scoot escaping through the skylight and calling for Sully?
Sully feels this way in paragraphs 22–25.
What is losing confidence, but hopeful Scoot can free herself?
“Submerging” in paragraph 9 means this is happening to the boat.
What is sinking in the water?
“Mr. Russell plays many instruments, but the saxophone is his favorite.” is this type of sentence.
What is a compound sentence?
This suggested theme shows how people survive difficult situations.
What is clear thinking and effort solve problems?
This event creates suspense as the siblings each wonder how the other is doing.
What is being trapped in separate parts of the boat?
Scoot shows she is both of these traits.
What are determined and a problem solver?
This is the correct order of the plot structure.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution?
“Although Mr. Russell is able to play many instruments, the saxophone is his favorite.” is this type of sentence.
What is a complex sentence?
The danger the siblings face reflects this force of nature.
What is the ocean?
The author includes Scoot’s blackout to do this.
What is create tension and uncertainty?
During her last moments in the boat, Scoot shows this feeling.
What is determination?
This part of the story shows Scoot was “filling her lungs to bursting” and “pushing with all her strength.”
What is text evidence of her determination?
“Although Mr. Russell is able to play many instruments, the saxophone is his favorite, and he plays it very well.” is this type of sentence.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
The Red Rooster’s captain asks this question after the rescue.
What is “What happened?”
These details about the skylight heighten suspense.
What are Scoot’s struggles to open it?
This theme is suggested by the siblings’ survival.
What is people can solve problems with clear thinking and effort?
This type of point of view is used in Rogue Wave.
What is third-person omniscient?
“She was still inside. He maneuvered his body and pulled on the handles.” Best combined as:
What is: She was still inside, so he maneuvered his body and pulled on the handles?
The author shows that fear can do this to people.
What is cloud judgment and increase danger?