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Title:Trial By Ice Author:K.M. Kostyal Genre:Biography



1. What is the author's purpose for writing this book? a.The authors purpose is to inform readers. b.The authors purpose was to Inform the readers about Earnest Shackleton"s life exploring the Antarctic. 2. Who is the subject?  a.The subject is earnest Shackleto﻿n .﻿﻿   3. What is the tense of the writing?  a.Past-Tense  4. How are the events organized?  a.The events of the story are organized in chronological order but is mostly about his life when he went to discover Antarctica.  5. What place(s) influenced the subject's life? Why?  a.Antartica because it gave him leadership  b.The Southern Sledge Tourney because Captain scott persuaded him to keep going.  c.England b ecause Earnest Shackleton was sent home.  6. What event(s) influenced the subject? Why?  a.Christmas because Earnest Shackleton kept going to the south pole.  7. What person(s) influenced the subject's life? Why?  a.Captain Scott  8. How did the subject make a difference in the world?  a.Earnest Shackleton made a difference by going to Elephant Island getting help coming back and saving his men. 9. Why would you recommend this book to others? a.I would recommend this book to others because it is one of my favorite biographies ﻿about the south pole and I also recommend this book because It has action at every second.