Literary Signpost Practice

What is another word for a contrast and contradiction?

• opposite
• comparison
• advice
• question

What question should you ask yourself when you find a contrast or contradiction?

• What is the lesson?
• Why is the character doing that?
• What does this make me wonder about?
• How might this change things?

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What question should you ask yourself when you find a contrast or contradiction?

• What is the lesson?
• Why is the character doing that?
• What does this make me wonder about?
• How might this change things?

Which signpost does CC represent?

• creature comforts
• cool carrots
• closed captions
• contrast and contradiction

Which signpost does CC represent?

• creature comforts
• cool carrots
• closed captions
• contrast and contradiction

Contrast and contradiction answers can help you:

• make a prediction or inference
• learn the lesson

Everything was bathed in a bright yellow light. The grass shone majestically in a yellow hue, as the yellow dandelions swayed in the wind. Everywhere Margaret looked, a faint goldish yellow glow settled on the land, giving her a feeling of total warmth and security.  The yellow sun rose higher into the yellow-tinted sky.

• Tough Questions
• Again and Again
• Contrasts and Contradictions
• Memory Moments

An Aha Moment is when a character finally

• gets what he wants.
• understands or realizes something.
• gives advice.
• dies.

When you find an aha moment you should stop and ask yourself

• Why is the character doing that?
• What do I wonder?
• What is the life lesson?
• How will this change things?

If the Aha Moment is a problem, you have just learned the

• conflict
• theme
• nothing
• all of the above