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Contrasts and Contradictions Signpost and Definitions Contrasts and Contradictions A sharp contrast between what we would expect and what we observe the character doing; behavior contradicts previous behavior or well established patterns. Also contrasts between characters or situations. Clues to the Signpost A character behaves or thinks in a way we don’t expect, or an element of a setting is something we would not expect What Literary Element it Helps Us Understand Anchor Questions Character development Why would the character act or feel this way? Internal conflict Theme Relationship between setting and plot How do the contrasts between characters help us understand them? How might contrasts between situations help us predict plot or conflict?

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Aha Moment Signpost and Definitions Aha Moment A character’s realization of something that shifts his actions or understanding of himself, others, or the world around him. Clues to the Signpost Phrases usually expressing suddenness, like: “Suddenly I understood. . . ” “It came to me in a flash that. . . ” “The realization hit me like a lightning bolt. . . ” “In an instant I knew. . . ” What Literary Element it Helps Us Understand Anchor Questions Character development How might this change things? Internal conflict Plot

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Tough Questions Signpost and Definitions Clues to the Signpost Tough Questions Phrases expressing serious doubt or confusion: Questions a character raises that reveal his/her “What could I possibly do inner struggles to. . . ? ” “I couldn’t imagine how I could cope with. . . ” “How could I ever understand why she. . . ? ” “Never had I been so confused about. . . ” What Literary Element it Helps Us Understand Internal conflict Theme Character development Anchor Questions What does this question make me wonder about?

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Words of the Wiser Signpost and Definitions Clues to the Signpost The main character and another are usually off by The advice or themselves in a insight a wiser character--usually quiet serious older--offers about moment, and the wiser figure life to the main shares his character wisdom or advice in an effort to help the main character with a problem or a decision Words of the Wiser What Literary Element it Helps Us Understand Theme Internal conflict Relationship between character and plot Anchor Questions What the life lesson, and how might it affect the character?

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Again & Again Signpost and Definitions Again and Again Events, images, or particular words that recur over a portion of the novel. Clues to the Signpost A word is repeated, sometimes used in an odd way, over and over in the story. What Literary Element it Helps Us Understand Plot Setting Symbolism Theme Character development An image Conflict reappears several times during the course of the book Anchor Questions Why might the author bring this up again and again?

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Memory Moment Signpost and Definitions Clues to the Signpost Memory Moment The ongoing flow of the narrative is interrupted by a memory that comes to the character, often taking several paragraphs to recount before we are returned to events of the present moment. A recollection by a character that interrupts the forward progress of the story What Literary Element it Helps Us Understand Character development Plot Theme Relationship between character and plot Anchor Questions Why might this memory be important?

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