Literary Signposts & Academic Vocab

What best describes the Tough Question signpost?

• When a character does something unexpected

• When another older/wiser character gives the main character advice

• When a character asks themselves a difficult question

• When a character realizes, understands, or figures something out

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.7C

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.ELA.E1.6C

TEKS.MATH.6.7C

TEKS.MATH.8.7C

Which signpost describes when a character does something unexpected?

• Contrast and Contradiction

• Aha Moment

• Words of the Wiser

• Memory Moment

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.7C

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6C

TEKS.MATH.6.7C

TEKS.MATH.8.7C

Describe the signpost: Aha Moment

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.7C

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.MATH.6.7C

TEKS.MATH.8.7C

What best describes the Words of the Wiser signpost?

• A word, phrase, object, situation, or idea that is mentioned over and over

• When another older/wiser character gives the main character advice

• When a character does something unexpected, literary signpost

• When the author interrupts what’s happening in the story to show us the main character as he/she remembers something important

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.7C

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.MATH.6.7C

TEKS.MATH.8.7C

Which signpost describes a word, phrase, object, situation, or idea that is mentioned over and over?

• Aha Moment

• Tough Question

• Contrast and Contradiction

• Again and Again

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.7C

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.ELA.E1.6C

TEKS.MATH.6.7C

TEKS.MATH.8.7C

What is a synonym for the Memory Moment signpost?

• Rewind

• Words of the Wiser

• Flashback

• Aha

Select what creates the setting:

• Time Period

• Number of Characters

• Place

• Mood

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.7D

TEKS.ELA.7.7D

TEKS.ELA.8.7D

TEKS.ELA.E3.6A

TEKS.ELA.E4.6D

What is characterization?

• The way an author creates a character by explicitly stating aspects of his/her personality and appearance or by revealing aspects of a character through their actions, thoughts, speech, or other characters.

• The time and place of a story.

• The character who opposes the protagonist or the goals of the protagonist

• The element of plot structure that develops the conflict through a series of events to build interest and/or suspense and leads up to the climax

Select the parts of a story chart:

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Tags

TEKS.ELA.5.8C

TEKS.ELA.6.7C

TEKS.ELA.7.7C

TEKS.ELA.8.7C

TEKS.ELA.E3.6C

What is the rising action of a story?

• The highest point in the plot where the problem/conflict reaches its peak

• The element of plot structure that develops the conflict through a series of events to build interest and/or suspense and leads up to the climax

• A brief interruption in the plot that describes an past event or time in order to help explain current events in the story

• The element of plot structure that takes place after the climax and begins to resolve the conflicts of the story before the resolution

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.7C

TEKS.ELA.7.7C

TEKS.ELA.8.7C

TEKS.ELA.E4.6A

TEKS.ELA.E4.6D