🔍 Key Concepts

• Compare how the line passes around the hook and whether it uses a single turn or an extra locking turn • Recall that a Blackwall hitch is a very simple, quick hitch used to attach a line directly to a hook for a straight pull • Remember that a half hitch is just a single turn of the line around an object with the bitter end crossing over or under the standing part

💭 Think About

• Look closely at how the standing part of the line and the bitter end are positioned on the hook in figure S—does the line simply clamp against the hook, or is it forming a recognizable small knot around itself? • Ask yourself whether the hitch in S is meant only for a straight, steady pull on a hook, or if it looks more like a general-purpose turn around any object (like a rail or spar) • Compare S to any other figures in the plate that show a clear bowline or half hitch, and see how the pattern in S is different

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify whether the line in S makes only one simple turn around the hook with the standing part trapping the bitter end against the hook • Check if there is a loop with a distinct eye (which would suggest a bowline) – if not, eliminate that option • Confirm whether the hitch in S depends on the shape of the hook to hold, rather than being a self-contained knot on the line itself