Comprehension
What happened to the Seventh Man following the weeks after K's death.
He felt sick and had bad dreams.
What does the wave clearly symbolize to the Seventh Man?
It represents our fears of being able to live our lives.
To be desperate is to feel ?
Panic and concern
When "to" is added to a verb and the verb changes its part of speech is called an.....
infinitive
The Seventh man is addressing a group and the readers do not know why.
I probably could have run over and dragged K out of the wave. This is an example of the Seventh Man's ________
Why does the Seventh Man feel guilty.
I saw the wave, but I ran the other direction. What made me stop and not save K was fear.
Fear and lose of hope are what the wave represents to K.
Name something that a person might be entranced in?
Watching a sunset.
The path to the beach was rocky, but the boys were eager to swim, so they ran the whole way.
What is the infinitive phrase?
to swim
What is the difference between the frame of the story and the story within the frame of the story?
The frame is told in the third person and the other story inside the frame is told in the first person.
Studying K's art work makes the Seventh Man realize how gentle and kind K was....
This is where the Seventh Man changes and is cleansed of survivor's guilt.
To the Seventh Man, the wave represented fear. A fear that the Seventh Man must confront. What else did he feel about the wave?
Feeling profound sorrow would mean?
Feeling deeply and intensely.
We were planning a trip to the beach Saturday, but after the storm we had too much cleaning to do that day. What is the infinitive phrase?
to do that day
What is one main purpose of the frame of the story?
By leaving out the details of where and why the Seventh Man is telling the story, it suggests his story applies generally.
What is the most important discovery that the Seventh Man
He discovers what a gentle and artistic soul that K was.
In my case, the wave was devastating, but if you turn your back on fear...then you surrender your fears and keep what is precious inside. What does the Seventh Man mean?
If we avoid our fears, we will give power to our fear and lose living life.
To feel elated means...
Shear joy
As the wind blew and the waves came rushing in, I ran to find shelter. What is the infinitive phrase and how is it used?
to the shelter and it describes how "I ran" so it is an adverb phrase.
What is the most important effect of telling the story in the first person?
The Seventh Man's feelings are vivid and he shares his feelings himself.
Fear should be listened to and never ignored.
Hope is cleansing.
The themes of the story.
The whole story is told in flashback and bringing out a memory.
What does evacuate mean?
What happens to definition of evacuate if you add "tion"
Evacuate out means to empty out.
Evacuation means... the act of emptying out.
A large storm is moving in swiftly, which is a good reason to stay indoors.
What is the infinitive phrase and how is it used?
to stay indoors answers the question for what reason which makes it an adjective.
Plastic toys, sandals, chunks of wood that had probably once been parts of furniture, pieces of clothing, unusual bottles, broken crates with foreign writing on them, and other, less recognizable items: it was like a big candy store. What type of literary device is used to describe the beach?
It is a simile .... like a candy store/