"Three Skeleton Key" Review

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Meaning of edible

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fit to be eaten

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Meaning of 'fathom'

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to understand

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Meaning of receding

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moving back

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Hordes

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Large, moving crowds

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Figurative language in: "We were prisoners of a horde of starving rats."

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Metaphor

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Inference from quote: "And studying the Cornelius de Witt, I turned sick, for her small boats were all in place."

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Rats must have eaten the crew.

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Event: Cornelius de Witt heads to rocky island

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Plot Element: Rising Action

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Element of plot: Itchoua dies after rescue

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Resolution

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Event NOT in exposition

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Men teasing rats

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Details foreshadowing men's trap on the island

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Sharks patrol the island waters.