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Worksheets"Into the Lifeboat"
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
What is the most likely reason the author includes her observations in paragraph 3? AKS 15 Mark only one oval.
To express her own feelings about the events
To describe how best to respond in an emergency situation
To show how passengers and crew first reacted when the ship began to sink
To introduce characters who will be important later in the selection
In paragraph 6, which phrase helps the reader understand the meaning of the word reluctance? AKS 4 "Nobody was anxious to move; Titanic seemed so steady. To justify their reluctance, some pointed to a light on the horizon: another ship’s lights! People were reassured, content to bide their time." Mark only one oval.
"Titanic seemed so steady"
"content to bide their time"
"some pointed to a light"
"another ship’s lights"
In paragraph 7 of the selection, how do passengers react when they are asked to board lifeboats? "One boat was already being lowered with very few people in it. When this was pointed out as a shining example for backward souls by the officer near me, he got a rather alarming response as the crowd surged forward to embark. The boat was lowered very full, almost too full this time; and so on. Always, some held back in need of coaxing while a few were too eager." Mark only one oval.
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.
Read the sentences from paragraph 15 of the selection. "Looking along the length of the ship, I noticed the forward part of her was lower now, much lower! For a fraction of a second, my heart stood still, as is often the case when faith, hitherto unshaken faith, gets its first setback." INTERPRET: How does the last sentence use figurative language to explain the narrator's worry? Use page 49 in your Mentor Text. Mark only one oval.
The narrator uses a simile to show how her faith is short, like a fraction of a second.
The narrator uses personification to describe how her heart felt shocked when she noticed how the front of the ship was lower in the water.
The narrator uses a complex sentence to describe how her faith was shaken when she became worried about the ship sinking lower into the water.
The narrator explains how she is doubting that she'll be ok because the front of the ship is lower in the water.
Read the sentences from paragraph 15 of the selection. "Looking along the length of the ship, I noticed the forward part of her was lower now, much lower! For a fraction of a second, my heart stood still, as is often the case when faith, hitherto unshaken faith, gets its first setback." What does the narrator realize in these lines? AKS 6 Mark only one oval.
observations on the deck
sense of time passing
faith that all will be fine
first feelings of alarm
Read this sentence. "This passage, which was written in the early twentieth century, describes the sinking, of the Titanic from one crew member’s perspective." How should the sentence be corrected? AKS 37 Mark only one oval.
Delete the comma after "passage."
Delete the comma after "century."
Delete the comma after "sinking."
No change should be made.
Read this sentence. "Violet Jessop was a member of the staff aboard the Titanic the biggest ship in the world." How should the sentence be corrected? AKS 37 Mark only one oval.
Add a comma after "staff."
Add a comma after "Titanic."
Add a comma after "ship."
No change should be made.
Read the sentence from paragraph 22 of the selection. "'Surely it is all a dream,' I thought as I looked up the side of the ship, beautifully illuminated, each deck alive with lights; the dynamos were on the top deck." Which phrase from the sentence helps the reader understand the meaning of the word illuminated? AKS 4 Mark only one oval.
"Surely it is all a dream"
"as I looked up the side of the ship"
"each deck alive with lights"
"the dynamos were on the top deck"
Which quote from the passage uses a simile to describe the conditions on the night the Titanic sank? AKS 4 Mark only one oval.
"Groaning, the boat descended a fearful distance into that inky blackness beneath, intensified as the lights fell on it occasionally." (paragraph 21)
"We touched the water with a terrific thud, a bone-cracking thud which started the baby crying in earnest." (paragraph 23)
"A tiny breeze, the first we had felt on this calm night, blew an icy blast across my face; it felt like a knife in its penetrating coldness." (paragraph 29)
"One awful moment of empty, misty blackness enveloped us in its loneliness, then an unforgettable, agonizing cry went up from 1500 despairing throats . . . " (paragraph 30)
What is the writer's purpose? Why did the narrator write this memoir? AKS 2 Mark only one oval.
to record her personal experience during an important event
to inform the reader about the key details of an important event
to reveal the untold truth about an important event
to convince the reader to agree with her opinion about an important event
