2. Elevated Language
-Opaque:(adj.) not allowing light to pass through.
-Elongated:(verb) to draw out to greater length; lengthen; extend.
-Phosphorescent:(adj.) persistent emission of light following exposure to and removal of incident radiation
-Elusive:(adj.) hard to express or define
Paraphrase: The side of the ship made a cloudy belt of shadow on the darkling glassy shimmer of the sea. But I saw at once something extended and pale floating very close to the ladder. Before I could form a guess a faint flash of luminous light, which seemed to issue suddenly from the naked body of a man, flickered in the sleeping water with the indefinable, silent play of summer lighting in a night sky.
3. The use of elevated language contributes to the tone to make it sound formal, descriptive, and mysterious. Paraphrasing the passage affects the tone in a more neutral way making it sound not as intriguing as elevated words. This also helps younger audiences understand the passage.
4. 4 examples of concrete diction in the passage are:
- phosphorescent light
- opaque belt of shadow
- a board livid back immersed right up to the neck in a greenish cadaverous glow.
- a headless corpse
5.The author chose to leave the captain, the ship, and the crew nameless in the story because he wants to build up suspense. He may also want to focus more on the description and language than the characters. The description and language give more emphasis and meaning to the passage.
6. The denotative meaning of the title The Secret Sharer is of a person who talks/reveals about their unknown side that other people don't see such as their dark side.
Words, Detonations, and Connotations
Cadaverous-of or like a corpse, esp in being deathly pale; dead
Darkling-of or relating to growing darkness;darkness
Pale-lacking brightness of color;white
Phosphorescence-emission of light without heat;glow
Ghastly-shockingly frightful or dreadful;frightening
Headless-without a head;no mind
Fishlike-characteristic of a fish;feature
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