Shakespeare, Nicholas: *1957
Secrets of the Sea, 2007 - Language/Style
- English Language Level: Challenging
- Vocabulary – Uses many scientific and ocean-related terms (e.g. Photosynthesis– the process plants and algae use to make food from sunlight or Ecosystem – the community of living and non-living things in an environment).
Style – Descriptive and formal narration (e.g. “…their nightly conversations were a little shell that both crawled into.” — vivid imagery to describe the intimacy of their talks).
Sentence Structure – Often long and complex.
- Vocabulary – Uses many scientific and ocean-related terms (e.g. Photosynthesis– the process plants and algae use to make food from sunlight or Ecosystem – the community of living and non-living things in an environment).
- The novel uses technical vocabulary and complex sentences while presenting dense information quickly.