Help Is Survival Selfish

2.The author says that J. Bruce Ismay “was savaged by the media and the general public for climbing into a lifeboat and saving himself.” She uses the word savaged to conveyRequired to answer. Single choice.

a. Ismay's luck at being saved.

b. Ismay's selfishness in taking a spot in the lifeboat.

c. the tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic.

d. the fierceness of the media attack.

Create a purpose statement based on the graphic organizer in "section ii: finding the main point."

Is expression of words or ideas opposed to what is literally meant or expected called.

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.