A Long Walk to Water Vocabulary

Veer:

• to swerve or suddenly change course or direction

• to pause or wait in uncertainty

• to fall down

• run with quick, light steps

• to carry on one's shoulders

Collapse:

• to swerve or suddenly change course or direction

• to pause or wait in uncertainty

• to fall down

• run with quick, light steps

• to carry on one's shoulders

Hesitate:

• to swerve or suddenly change course or direction

• to pause or wait in uncertainty

• to fall down

• run with quick, light steps

• to carry on one's shoulders

Shoulder:

• to swerve or suddenly change course or direction

• to pause or wait in uncertainty

• to fall down

• run with quick, light steps

• to carry on one's shoulders

Scurry:

• to swerve or suddenly change course or direction

• to pause or wait in uncertainty

• to fall down

• run with quick, light steps

• to carry on one's shoulders

Point of view:

• The perspective of the story's narrator.

• The use of words to create a connection to any of the five senses 

• is something the character is struggling with within their own self. For example, not feeling good enough.

• is something the character is struggling with on the outside like an enemy or a big storm. 

Internal conflict:

• The perspective of the story's narrator.

• The use of words to create a connection to any of the five senses 

• is something the character is struggling with within their own self. For example, not feeling good enough.

• is something the character is struggling with on the outside like an enemy or a big storm. 

Sensory language:

• The perspective of the story's narrator.

• The use of words to create a connection to any of the five senses 

• is something the character is struggling with within their own self. For example, not feeling good enough.

• is something the character is struggling with on the outside like an enemy or a big storm. 

External conflict:

• The perspective of the story's narrator.

• The use of words to create a connection to any of the five senses 

• is something the character is struggling with within their own self. For example, not feeling good enough.

• is something the character is struggling with on the outside like an enemy or a big storm.