Unbroken Chapter 12 Anchor Questions

Front

What type of figurative language is used in the passage: "The ocean was a jumble of bomber remains. The plane's lifeblood-- oil, hydraulic fluid, and some one thousand gallons of fuel-- slopped on the surface."? Options: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Imagery

Back

Personification

Front

How does the personification of the plane (bomber) show the mood?

Back

It shows the plane personified to show how the plane is "dying" because it is losing it's "lifeblood," creating a sorrowful mood.

Front

Which choice words from the passage create the mood? Options: Rafts, swam, down, wind, current; Reach, recognition, lost, current, wind; Weighed, perish, lost, hopelessly; looked, lost, chance, rafts

Back

Weighed, perish, lost, hopelessly

Front

Based off of the given evidence, what can readers infer about the life-rafts?

Back

They are not large enough to fit all the men without being too cramped.

Front

What verbal is used in the sentence: "Louie ran his fingers down Phil's throat until he felt a pulse, the carotid artery, then put Mac's hand on it and told him to press down."

Back

Infinitive

Front

Which quote BEST SUPPORTS why the water situation was worrisome for the three stranded men?

Back

A few half pints wouldn't last long. Because sea water is so salty it's poisonous, they couldn't drink it. Adrift near the equator with little water, Phil Louie, and Mac would soon be in dire trouble.

Front

What can be inferred about why Louie placed a ration on the drinking supply?

Back

He placed a ration because he wanted to make the supplies last longer.

Front

What does the word stanching mean in the passage above?

Back

to stop or restrict

Front

Change the sentence from active to passive voice: The men watched the sky.

Back

The sky was watched by the men.