1. The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant Chase Underwood Chandler Harrell Matt

2. W.D. Wetherell He was born in 1948, in a small town in NY. By the time he was ten years old he was interested in writing. He Wrote his first short story on the ping pong table in his parents basement at the age of 19. To this day Wethrell loves to fish and often writes about fishing.

3. Vocab Pensive adj. thinking deeply Bob was pensive when the game was over. Dubious adj. feeling doubt I was dubious when the runner was called safe. Surreptitiously adv. Secretly or slyly I surreptitiously spied on my mom as she slept. Inhibition n. a restraint on ones natural impulses. An inhibition prevented Bob from cheating on the test. Lithe adj. limber bend easily. Your mom was limber last night at the GYM.

4. Theme The Theme of the story is a boy who likes a girl but this girl comes between the boys favorite things to do witch is fishing.

5. Plot Characters: The Boy, Sheila Mant, the bass, Eric Caswell. Setting: Summer, a river Theme: Boy likes a girl Basic situation: The boy wants to date Sheila Mant. Internal conflict: Asking Sheila out, if he should reel in the fish or not.

6. Plot External conflict: The fish is bending the rod trying to keep the fish and get to the concert Complications: fish is struggling Sheila doesn’t like fish Climax: when the rod catches the fish Resolution: He cut the fishing line the fish gets away. Protagonist: The Boy Antagonist: Sheila, the Bass Static character: Sheila Dynamic Character: The Boy

7. Literary Element Motif is a literary element used in this story. Motif is a recurring subject, theme, idea, phrase, or image repeated through literary art work. Authors use motifs to express the theme, or overall message of the story.

8. Dig Deeper This story has a connection to the writers life because the writer likes to fish just like the main character of this story. Maybe the author experienced something like this in his life.