Fiction Signposts

When a character realizes or understands something

• Again and Again

• Words of the Wiser

• Aha Moment

• Tough Question

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When an older, wise character offers the protagonist advice

• Memory Moment

• Words of the Wiser

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Aha Moment

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When the character asks him or herself a really difficult question

• Tough Question

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Words of the Wiser

• Aha Moment

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When the author stops the action to tell us about a memory

• Words of the Wiser

• Tough Questions

• Aha Moment

• Memory Moment

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When the character says or does something different or opposite of they usually say or do

• Tough Questions

• Contrast and Contradictions

• Words of the Wiser

• Memory Moment

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When the author repeats something over and over.

• Tough Questions

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Again and Again

• Memory Moment

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When the older, wise character takes the main character aside, we may be learning about...

• theme

• tough questions

• falling action

• resolution

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When the character asks him or herself a really difficult question, we may be learning about the character's...

• life motto

• internal conflict

• biggest fear

• greatest desire

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When the character says or does something opposite of what they normally do, we may be learning about...

• plot

• relationships

• character

• theme

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When Gandalf takes Frodo aside and gives him advice about his journey with the ring, the signpost he exemplifies is...

• Again and Again

• Tough Questions

• Aha Moment

• Words of the Wiser

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