What is the author trying to tell me?
What kind of punctuation do they use?
What is happening in the book or story?
What is the goal of the book or story?
Answer:
The “Five W's and How Map” can help with this. The five w's are who, what, when, where, and why. The five w's tell who is the event about, what happened in the event, when did the event happen, where did the event happen, and why the event is important. The “How” tells how the event happened.
<span>Bradford discusses another condition of the ship as it had endured some difficulties in strong crosswinds. This meant necessary repairs and the crew and carpenters consulted each other and made necessary repairs. He reports of one man falling over but catching a piece of the boat so that he could crawl back on. Throughout the rest of the voyage that time only one servant died.</span>
Adjectival<span> and adverbial </span>phrases<span> are important in our sentences in order to give more specific details. Remember, an </span>adjective<span> is a word that modifies or describes a </span>noun<span>, and an </span>adverb<span> is a word that describes a verb, </span>adjective<span>, or another </span>adverb
