WorksheetsPractice Titanic Into the Lifeboat
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 52mins
Reluctance:
Figurative language, comparing two unlike things using LIKE or AS.
Lit with bright lights
Unwilling to do something
To give someone comfort
Illuminated:
Figurative language, comparing two unlike things using LIKE or AS.
Lit with bright lights
Unwilling to do something
To give someone comfort
How the author presents information on a topic
Objective point of view
Subjective point of view
Author's point of view
This point of view includes the author's opinions and feelings on the topic. This view point is considered somewhat biased.
Objective point of view
Subjective point of view
Author's point of view
What is the most likely reason the author includes her observations in paragraph 3?
To describe her personal feelings about the events happening
To demonstrate how best to respond to such a situation
To show how passengers and crew first reacted when the ship began to sink
To introduce characters who would be important later in the selection
The author includes information about what others were doing before she got on the lifeboat in order to -
describe how everyone was worried about their clothes
give examples of how to get into the lifeboat
show how many didn't realize the ship would sink
entertaining readers with interesting facts
What genre is Into the Lifeboat from Titanic Survivor?
Historical
Romance
Memoir
Fantasy
The sound of crying from the sinking ship was ____________ to hear.
reassuring
agonizing
reluctance
unrestrainedly
Author's Purpose (Memoir)
The author wrote this selection most likely to —
record her personal experience of a famous event
convince the reader to adopt her opinion of a famous event
entertain the reader with a fictional story
In paragraph 7 of the selection, how do passengers react when they are asked to board lifeboats?
Most passengers decline to board lifeboats, believing that the ship will not sink.
Most passengers board lifeboats in an orderly way, following the crew’s instructions.
Some passengers eagerly board lifeboats, while others need encouragement.
Some passengers refuse to board lifeboats, while others ignore directions from the crew.
to give confidence or to remove doubt
Select the event that occurs SECOND out of the events listed below.
Passengers begin to say goodbye to their spouses as the lifeboats load.
Violet gets on the lifeboat as the Titanic continues to sink.
Violet observes people refusing to get into the lifeboats.
Distress rockets begin to shoot into the air.
Which of the following events occurs last in the story?
Distress rockets begin to shoot in the air
Passengers begin to say goodbye to their spouses as the lifeboats load
Violet observes people refusing to get into the lifeboats
Violet gets on the lifeboat as the Titanic continues to sink
Who is the author of this story?
Margaret "Molly" Brown
Violet Jessop
Ann Turnbull
Dorothy Gibson
