Answer the following questions using camplete sentences and evidence/quotes from the stary to. suppart your answers.
Why does the man fish by night? How does this lead to the conflict with the ray? What is significant about the fact that he does not fish for a living?
He likes to cast alone so he goes to fish by night. He is unable to see what he is catching so he accidently hooks the ray.The importance is that he doesn’t have to fish for a living he only fishes for fun.
Identify 3 examples of foreshadowing?
- when he slipped the knot over his wrists.
- when the man mentioned he let the baby porpoise go
- Was when the author said “he looked closely to make sure no stingray was hidden in the mesh.”
Identify the following parts of the story’s plot: The complicating incident, a single crisis, the climax, the resolution and the ending (what kind)?
Exposition: The man wasn’t going to cast anything until he saw two or three mullets together.
Crisis: When the man realized that he had caught a sea devil instead of some mullets.
Climax: When the ray swam quickly and he decided to cut the rope, as his plan worked out in the end.
Resolution: The man decided to let the mullet go and he would never go casting at night alone.
Ending: The ending is a happy ending because he was saved and realized that he shouldn’t co fishing at night.
One of the conflicts is between the civilized and primitive world (define these two words first). What is the purpose of the references made to the plane, the causeway, and the mans wife at home?
Primitive: world is where its only the natural aspects of the earth.
Civilized: Modern world where everything is developed
The conflicted against the civilized world and primitive world is that the man was against the ray and the darkness of the primitive world. The reference to the plane and causeway was symbolism to represent how far humans have came in life.
What does the man learn at the end of the story? Why does he release the mullet?
He learned that he should not go fishing alone and at night because it was dangerous. He felt how the mullets felt when he reeled them in.
Find 3 examples of descriptive language – this will lead into a discussion of figurative language.
1. sullen p.32 depressed mood
2. weltering ·p.33 move in a turbulent fashion
3. elemental p.33 primary or basic
4. sinewy p.33 consisting of or resembling sinews.
5. hoisted p.33 to raise
6. phosphorescence light emitted by a substance without combustion or perceptible heat.
7. cordage p.34 cords or ropes, especially in a ship’s rigging.
8. exhilaration p.34 a feeling of excitement, happiness, or elation.
9 atavistic p. 35 relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral.
10. centrifugal p. 35 moving or tending to move away from a center.
11. gauntly p. 35 extremely thin and bony
12. impeding p. 37 delay or prevent
13. tenaciously p.37 a firm hold
14. respite p. 38 a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant.
15. equilibrium p. 38 a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced.
16. imminent p. 39 about to happen