1. Dark Water Rising Test Review

2. What genre is the novel Dark Water rising
Historical fiction
Dark Water rising is based on the 1900 Galveston hurricane

3. What is symbolism?
Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense
For example:
The dove is a symbol of peace

4. What is personification? Why do authors use personification?
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Authors use personification to make stories/ poems more dramatic and interesting or to convey a certain mood. Personification also helps us to relate more to the object or idea that is being personified because it is easier for us to relate to something with human attributes.

5. What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a figure of speech that refers to something as being the same as another thing for rhetorical effect. It may provide clarity or identify hidden similarities between two ideas. Where a simile compares two items, a metaphor directly equates them, and does not use "like" or "as" as does a simile.

6. What is a simile?
A simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox).

7. What is imagery?
visually descriptive or figurative language

8. Why does an author use italics?
To show Emphasis: "Smith wasn't the only guilty party, it's true".
Sometimes in novels to indicate a character's thought process: "This can't be happening, thought Mary."

9. Conflict in Literature
Man Versus Man
These sort of conflicts are the most common. Your characters will be opposed by or will oppose the actions, reactions, motivations of another character or characters.
Man Versus Nature
Nature serves as the obstacle for characters. Ex: tsunami, hurricane, tornado
Man Versus Self
Internal issues that affect their actions, motivations and interactions with other characters. The conflict can be a recurring theme throughout the story or at a particular point in time.
Man Versus Society
These are conflicts where your characters’ firm beliefs are against norms that the entire society as a whole endorses. It could be social evils or discrimination practiced by society that is opposed by a minority.

10. Various Themes in the Novel Dark Water Rising
Survival
Growing up/Coming of Age
Discrimination
Determination
Bravery

11. Think about when Seth and Josiah “sat like ghosts” while Galveston burned their dead
How does this describe how the boys felt? Simile - Watching from below --- ghosts

12. “The Eyes”
The author often uses character’s eyes to portray their feelings…
Why would the author use a character’s physical feature(s)

13. Sarah Louise Ellison What was her purpose in the novel?
Why did she reach out to Seth?
----NUGGET!!! Someone could remember her and her name

14. Conflict between Seth and Papa
At the end of the novel, the conflict between Seth and Papa is resolved when……
Paper understands what Seth really wants …
NUGGET Seth wants to continue to be a carpenter …Seth can make his own decisions