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A character realizes something that changes their actions or thinking.

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Aha Moments

• Tough Questions

• Words to the Wise

• Again and Again

Kek remembers life in Africa, to show us as readers how much he misses his home and how hard it is to adapt to life in America.

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Flashbacks

• Tough Questions

• Words to the Wise

• Again and Again

A character asks a tough question that reveals something about their inner self.

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Flashbacks

• Tough Questions

• Words to the Wise

• Again and Again

In Home of the Brave, the word cattle is repeated throughout the book. This repetition of the word helps the reader understand that cattle meant life to Kek and his family back home in Africa.

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Flashbacks

• Tough Questions

• Words to the Wise

• Again and Again

One character gives advice to the main character.

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Flashbacks

• Tough Questions

• Words to the Wise

• Again and Again

In the book Home of the Brave, the readers are shocked to realize that Kek gives up hope during the story, quits his job and runs away.

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Flashbacks

• Tough Questions

• Words to the Wise

• Again and Again

A character teaching a life lesson, moments where one character advises another.

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Flashbacks

• Tough Questions

• Words to the Wise

• Again and Again

"Suddenly, I remembered..."

"I thought about the time..."

"Thinking back..."

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Flashbacks

• Tough Questions

• Words to the Wise

• Again and Again

Words that repeat, repeated reference to something... a song, a movie, a book, an object.

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Flashbacks

• Tough Questions

• Words to the Wise

• Again and Again

A character saying...

'I realized'

'I suddenly knew'

'Now I know why'

• Aha Moments

• Flashbacks

• Tough Questions

• Words to the Wise

• Again and Again