- Find one example of jargon- spare spar- boat jargon
- -elongated: unusually long in relation to it's width -livid:dark bluish gray in color -darkling: of or relating to growing darkness -awash: level with the surface of water so that it just washes over Paraphrase: The side of the ship cast a shadow on the darkening sea.Suddenly, I saw something unusually long and pale. Before I could guess what it was, there was a faint flash of light that was probably coming from a male's naked body. I gasped when I saw that the body was missing a head. I was so surprised that the cigar in my mouth fell into the ocean. One of the hands was level with the surface and was holding on to the bottom rung of the ladder. I watched as the limbs stirred because of the lightning storm that was going on.
- The use of elevated language contributes to the tone by making it seem mysterious. Paraphrasing affects the tone by taking out the mysteriousness and it makes the tone boring.
- 1-the naked body of a man 2-the long legs 3-a broad livid back 4- a headless corpse
- The author probably chose to leave those characters nameless to direct the reader's attention to something else.
- The denotation of secret is "something kept private" and for sharer it's "someone who shares"...
Word
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Denotation
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Connotation
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Cadaverous
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resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin or bony
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looking almost dead
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Darkling
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of or relating to growing darkness
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darker, darkening
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Pale
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light in color
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white, sickly
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Phosphorescence
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light emitted by a substance without combustion or perceptible heat
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glow
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Ghastly
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causing great horror or fear
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death or bloodshed
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Headless
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having no head
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chopped off head
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Fishlike
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like fish, suggestive of fish
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fishy
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