Reading Comprehension (Message in a Bottle))

Is the text written in first person, second person or third person?

What does "I stood in awe' mean?

What type of figurative language is "the wind died"?

• personification

  (humanlike characteristics are given to a non-human)

• Simile

  (two unlike things are compared using "like" or "as")

• Metaphor

  (two unlike things are compared NOT using "like" or "as"

• Hyperbole

  (exaggerations that are not meant to be taken seriously)

How did the character feel throughout the story?

How did she find the body? Give evidence from the text.