“Exploring the Titanic”

Story Vocabulary

severed

•On the deck of the luxury ship, Marcello saw a severed rope that appeared to have been cut on purpose.

severed

•Verb

•To have cut or broken apart

lifeboat

•A lifeboat, big enough to hold six people, was dangling from the side of the ship.

lifeboat

•Noun•A boat used for saving lives at sea or along the shore.

interior

•Marcello went from the outside deck to the interior of the ship.

interior•Noun•The inner side, surface, or part

•The part of a region that is away from the coast or border

portholes

•He breathed deeply of the fresh air that was coming through the open portholes.

portholes

•Plural noun

•Small round windows in the side of a boat or ship

capsule•Marcello spoke to the captain who was thinking about what to put in the metal time capsule his son was making.

capsule•Noun•A small, thin case that encloses something tightly

•A compartment of a spacecraft that carries astronauts

maiden

•This was the ship’s maiden voyage, and Marcello didn’t want anything to go wrong on its first trip.

maiden

•Adjective

•A girl or young unmarried woman

•First or earliest