Rogue Waves
A large unexpected wave that can be extremely dangerous can often measure over 100 feet high.
What is a rogue wave?
These two are considered the main characters of the story.
Who are Melissa "Scoot" Atkins and her brother Sullivan "Sully" Atkins?
The act of guiding a ship or boat along a planned course.
What is navigation?
The main conflict in the story.
What is Man vs. Nature: struggle for survival after the rogue wave causes the Sea Dog to capsize?
External Conflict.
Scoot pushes the window open and escapes from being trapped underwater in the Sea Dog.
What is the climax of the story?
The length the rogue wave travels before reaching the Sea Dog.
What is almost 7,000 miles?
This character is 14-years old and learning to be a deep-water sailor.
Who is Melissa "Scoot" Atkins?
A circular window on a boat or ship.
What is a porthole?
The rogue wave hits the boat, and Scoot is
What is knocked unconscious and trapped inside the cabin?
Scoot and Sully are sitting on the sinking Sea Dog, holding each other for warmth.
What is the falling action?
This unusual weather pattern contributed to the formation of the rogue wave.
What are the easterly winds?
The name of the ship.
What is Old Sea Dog?
A long, unbroken wave.
What is a swell?
The rogue wave hits, and Sully is
What is on the hull of the upside-down or capsized boat?
When Scoot and Sully are rescued by the ship Red Rooster.
What is the resolution?
In 1995, this great British passenger liner encountered a 95-foot rogue wave south of Newfoundland.
Who was Queen Elizabeth 2 ship?
The nickname signifies that she is fast and energetic, reflecting her quickness as a baby and her athletic abilities.
Who is Scoot?
The platform on a ship or boat where people stand.
What is the deck?
Sully experiences emotional turmoil during the conflict. Name one emotion.
What is desperation, fear, or guilt?
Internal Conflict.
Sully and his sister, Melissa, on a boat named the Old Sea Dog sailing on the Pacific Ocean, south of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, are in this stage of the Plot Structure.
What is the Exposition?
Mariners often call these waves "killer waves."
What are rogue waves?
The name of the long-range sports fishing boat that stopped to pick up Scoot & Sully.
What was the Red Rooster?
The kitchen on a ship.
What is a galley?
The conflict is resolved at the end of the story when
What is Scoot manages to escape through the skylight, and both siblings are rescued by a passing fishing boat?
The sudden rogue wave flips the boat upside down, creating the main crisis.
What is the Inciting Incident?