Diction

1."…I only climbed on the spare spar and leaned over the rail as far as I could, to bring my eyes nearer to that mystery floating alongside."

2.Opaque: not able to be seen through; not transparent.

Elongated: unusually long in relation to its width.

Phosphorescent: something glows with light without becoming hot to the touch

Elusive: difficult to find, catch, or achieve.

Immersed: dip or submerge in a liquid.

Cadaverous: resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony.

Ghastly: causing great horror or fear; frightful or macabre.

3. Elevated language makes the text & time more formal. Paraphrasing the passage will make it shorter.

4.Abstract & concrete diction:

a)saw b)climbed c)clutched d)stare

5. The authors chose to leave the captain, ship, & crew nameless to creat a mysterious tone.

Denotation & connotation: 

6. The Denotation of the title The Secret Sharer is that the sharer is secretive in a sense that the person says, or, shares something that is not meant for anyone else to hear or see.