Terror at Bottle Creek

Terror at Bottle Creek

Written By Watt Key

• Thirteen year old, Cort gets stuck with his two neighbors Liza and Francie when the storm hits on the creek.

• Cort wanted to save himself and the girls from the dangerous category 3 hurricane.

• But, a series of catastrophic events leads the kids battling against the thrashing winds and deathly, frightened, wild animals. They have to cling onto a tree and hold on for their lives.

• The kids were in the worst health conditions, and could die any minute.

• Would Cort, Liza, and Francie survive? Would the animals eat them? How would they try and save themselves?

Main Claim

Terror at Bottle Creek by Watt Key is a well developed horror story because of the dark and gloomy setting, the fear provoking suspense, and the descriptive writing that explains the events in great detail.

Setting

• The author, Watt Key, describes the setting in Terror at Bottle Creek very thoroughly, which gives the reader a better understanding of where the story takes place.

• In the text it says, "It's a pretty place, but you pull back the curtain and it gets evil real quick"(Key 23).

• This shows that the story has a dark and mysterious setting. The author wrote this quote to foreshadow events that will happen later on in the book.

Suspense

• The fearful suspense in Terror at Bottle Creek builds tension within the reader which keeps them on the edge of their seats throughout the whole story.

• The author wrote, "There were eyes watching us from everywhere. I had a bad feeling that we were going to be up against more than just rising water"(Key 97).

• The suspense contained in the text creates an anxious, perturbed feeling in the reader. This is what you want the suspense to do because the reader will never want to put the book down. This quote adds onto the story and builds that tension to make the reader want to know what will happen next.

Descriptive Writing

• The use of descriptive writing in Terror at Bottle Creek helps you to create a detailed picture in your mind which gives the reader a better understanding of the book.

• In the book it says, "We hadn't gone far when I heard another wail, followed by an explosion against the surface like a herd of cattle stampeding across a river"(Key 110).

• The author uses vivid word choice, and a simile to explain this event in great detail. It helps the reader to understand what the characters were going through by making it feel like you are also part of the story.

Simile-

Conclusion

Watt Key's horror book Terror at Bottle Creek is well developed. He used a dark, mysterious setting, fear provoking suspense, and descriptive writing that explained events in great detail. All of the scary story characteristics are included in the book and are detailed which provoke fear.

Works Cited

Book Cover. www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/terror-at-bottle-creek.

Key, Watt. Terror at Bottle Creek. 2016.

nypost.com/2018/09/13/hurricane-florence-begins-battering-the-carolinas/.

tateshellblackwaterriverstateforeststs.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/p1010492.jpg?w=625.

wtop.com/real-estate/2018/08/the-latest-storm-lane-churns-toward-main-hawaiian-islands/.

www.blouinshop.com/fine-art/drawings-watercolors/british/storm-1.html.

www.maxpixel.net/static/photo/1x/Dark-Weather-Tree-Coconut-Clouds-Wind-Storm-14767.jpg.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dJfuGDLV_g.