Thank You, M'am/Signpost

This signpost can refer to the following elements being repeated.
-words
-events
-images
-symbols

• Again and Again
• Tough Questions
• Memory Moment
• Words of the Wiser

Match the signpost to the following clues.
- An interruption in the ongoing flow of the narrative
-Might take several paragraphs
 before we are returned to the present moment

• Aha Moment
• Words of the Wiser
• Again and Again
• Memory Moment

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the correct signpost to the following definition.
-A sharp contrast between what we would expect and what we observe the character doing

• Again and Again
• Contrasts and Contradictions
• Aha Moment
• Words of the Wiser

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the signpost to the following definition.
-Questions a character raises that reveal his or her inner struggles

• Contrasts and Contradictions
• Words of the Wiser
• Memory Moment
• Tough Questions

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the signpost to the following quote from the authors.
- "These are moments when a character's sudden insight or understanding helps us understand the plot's movement, the development of the character, or the internal conflict he faces,"

• Again and Again
• Aha Moment
• Contrasts and Contradictions
• Tough Questions 

Match the signpost to the following definition.
- The advice or insight a wiser character (who is usually older) offers about life to the main character

• Tough Questions
• Memory Moment
• Words of the Wiser
• Aha Moment

"Shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet."
Mrs. Luella wants to teach Roger...

• that he will feel confused after stealing
• that he will feel like the devil after stealing
• that he will feel thankful after stealing
• that he will feel regret after stealing

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which sentence suggests that the woman empathizes with the young man?

• The large woman simply turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jeaned sitter.
• The woman did not ask the boy anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything else that would embarrass him.
• Then she cut him half of her ten-cent cake.
• The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now, nor did she watch her purse which she left behind on the bed.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which sentence best summarizes the excerpt?

• A young man attempts to mug a woman for her purse as she is walking home from work.  She gets angry and takes him home with her.
• A woman prepares ham and lima beans, along with hot cocoa, for a young man after he tries to steal her purse.
• A young man with a dirty face wants a woman’s pocketbook so that he can buy some blue suede shoes.
• A woman takes home a young man, cleans him up and feeds him dinner, and provides him with a valuable life lesson after he tries to steal her purse.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which sentence best shows that the woman has seen her share of struggles?

• She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but a hammer and nails
• Then she picked up the boy by his shirt front and shook him until his teeth rattled.
• The woman was sitting on the day-bed. After a while she said, “I were young once and wanted things I could not get.”
• She heated some lima beans and ham she had in the icebox, made the cocoa, and set the table.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1