Fiction Sign Posts

What is an "Aha" moment?
Fiction

• When the character loses a game
• When the main character finally realizes something
• When the antagonist is wrong
• When a supporting character loses 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

When a character asks himself a really difficult question, what signpost is it?
Fiction

• Words of the Wiser
• Contrasts and Contradiction
• Tough Question

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Memory Moment is when the same thing happens over and over again. True or False? 
Fiction

• True 
• False 

When there is a flashback, what signpost is happening?
Fiction

• Tough Question
• Contrast and Contradictions
• Memory Moment
• Again and Again

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Define Tough Question
Fiction

• When the question makes you wonder. 
• When the question makes you sleepy. 
• When the question is too long and it annoys you.
• When the question is hard  to do

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

When there is an "Aha Moment," what question should you be thinking in your mind?
Fiction

• Why does the character act/feel this way?
• How might this change things?
• What's the life lesson and how might this affect the character

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

When you are remembering a moment in your life that's important, what signpost is it?
Fiction

• Memory moment
• Funny moment
• Happy Moment
• Aha Moment

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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

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

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the fiction 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

Match the correct fiction 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