Detail Questions:

Why does Ishmael go to sea? What causes him to go to sea?

Contrast a passenger with Ishmael’s reasons for going to sea.

Who is Cato? Why did he fall on his sword? (Look up.)

RA questions: (A reminder – use quotes from the text. In Q2, if you do not LINK the rhetorical device to an intended effect on the reader, you will get no higher than a 4, and that is only if the writing is superior.)

1-What tone does the character Ishmael take in Chapter 1?

2-Locate three images. Describe the effect of these images on the reader by analyzing the diction (words) used.

3-At the end of Chapter 1, how should the reader be feeling? (That is, Melville has a rhetorical purpose when he writes this preface; what is it? How does he want readers to feel?)