That Spot by Jack London

Drag to the box each word or phrase from the excerpt that helps readers understand the setting.

1. Help Readers Understand Setting:
2. Doesn't Help Readers Understand Setting:

a. to sled it the rest of the way
b. the freeze-up
c. Klondike in the fall rush of 1897
d. a spot of coal-black as big as a water bucket
e. He wasn't husky, nor Malemute nor Hudson Bay
f. we paid one hundred and ten dollars for him

1 answer

To categorize the phrases based on their relevance to the setting of "That Spot" by Jack London:

  1. Help Readers Understand Setting:

    • b. the freeze-up
    • c. Klondike in the fall rush of 1897
  2. Doesn't Help Readers Understand Setting:

    • a. to sled it the rest of the way
    • d. a spot of coal-black as big as a water bucket
    • e. He wasn't husky, nor Malemute nor Hudson Bay
    • f. we paid one hundred and ten dollars for him