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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Chapter XLVI · CHAPTER XVIII

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CHAPTER XVIII THE POULPS For several days the _Nautilus_ kept off from the American coast.

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CHAPTER XVIII
THE POULPS
For several days the _Nautilus_ kept off from the American coast.
Evidently it did not wish to risk the tides of the Gulf of Mexico or of
the sea of the Antilles.
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Chapter XLVI · CHAPTER XVIII

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Reading 1/72 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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CHAPTER XVIII
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THE POULPS
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For several days the _Nautilus_ kept off from the American coast.
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Evidently it did not wish to risk the tides of the Gulf of Mexico or of
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the sea of the Antilles.
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American

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From this reading For several days the _Nautilus_ kept off from the American coast.

Antilles

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From this reading the sea of the Antilles.

CHAPTER

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From this reading CHAPTER XVIII

coast

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From this reading For several days the _Nautilus_ kept off from the American coast.

days

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From this reading For several days the _Nautilus_ kept off from the American coast.

did

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From this reading Evidently it did not wish to risk the tides of the Gulf of Mexico or of

Evidently

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From this reading Evidently it did not wish to risk the tides of the Gulf of Mexico or of

For

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From this reading For several days the _Nautilus_ kept off from the American coast.

from

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From this reading For several days the _Nautilus_ kept off from the American coast.

Gulf

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From this reading Evidently it did not wish to risk the tides of the Gulf of Mexico or of

it

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From this reading Evidently it did not wish to risk the tides of the Gulf of Mexico or of

kept

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From this reading For several days the _Nautilus_ kept off from the American coast.

Mexico

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Nautilus

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From this reading For several days the _Nautilus_ kept off from the American coast.

not

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From this reading Evidently it did not wish to risk the tides of the Gulf of Mexico or of

of

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From this reading Evidently it did not wish to risk the tides of the Gulf of Mexico or of

off

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From this reading For several days the _Nautilus_ kept off from the American coast.

or

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From this reading Evidently it did not wish to risk the tides of the Gulf of Mexico or of

POULPS

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From this reading THE POULPS

risk

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From this reading Evidently it did not wish to risk the tides of the Gulf of Mexico or of

sea

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From this reading the sea of the Antilles.

several

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From this reading For several days the _Nautilus_ kept off from the American coast.

THE

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From this reading THE POULPS

tides

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From this reading Evidently it did not wish to risk the tides of the Gulf of Mexico or of

to

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From this reading Evidently it did not wish to risk the tides of the Gulf of Mexico or of

wish

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From this reading Evidently it did not wish to risk the tides of the Gulf of Mexico or of

XVIII

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From this reading CHAPTER XVIII

Chapter Quiz

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What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of CHAPTER XVIII?

Which core linguistic virtue or character attribute is emphasized in this passage?

According to the text: "CHAPTER XVIII...", what tone does the author establish?

Shadowing Practice

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Narrator: CHAPTER XVIII
Narrator: Its tongue, a horned substance, furnished