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Unit 8 1.4 Excerpt from "The Old Seadog and the Black Spot"

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3 questions

Instructions

Use your Reader or Clever and reread pages 4-7 to answer the following questions. Remember, to answer in a complete sentence. 

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Question 1

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A simile is a literary device that compares two different things, usually using like or as. Identify the simile on page 4 . Then explain what is being compared and why?

Question 2

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At different points in the reading, the captain is described as growling, hissing, and croaking. These are verbs usually used to describe the actions of animals. Why might these words accurately describe the actions of the captain?

Question 3

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Why might the captain direct Jim to go to the doctor and tell him to "send all hands" to the inn? What does he want them to do?