Question

Read this sentence from Paragraph 3 from “Night Watch”:



''As I sloshed across the deck to the bridge, the captain turned the ship hard to port and
headed toward shore in a desperate attempt to save the ship from running aground''
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Why does the author use the word sloshed rather than walked or stepped in this sentence? How does the
word sloshed contribute to the image the author is creating?

Answer 1

He used sloshed because the deck was wet. He was trying to put a clearer image of the soaking ship in the reader's mind.

Answer 2

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