Tough Questions

Tough questions are questions we sometimes ask ourselves, or someone else, that seem, at least for a while, not to an answer.

• false

• true

• I don't know

When a character asks a really difficult question, ask...

• "What does this question make me feel about the character?"

• "What does this question make me want to learn about the character?"

• "What does this question reveal to me about the protagonist?"

• "What does this question make me wonder about?"

Mulan's tough question gives clues about

• the climax

• her internal conflict

• her family's issues

What is the name of the text clue that helps us see the internal conflict a character is struggling with?

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Aha Moment

• Tough Questions

• Words of the Wiser

As all of his classmates rushed to vote in this year’s Student Council election, Kevin stayed behind. His decision should be simple, right? His cousin, Tiffany, was running for Treasurer. The only problem? His best friend Max was her opponent. Kevin looked at the posters each had decorated and hung in the hallway. Where was Kevin’s allegiance? To his friends or to his family?

• Tough Questions

• Memory Moment

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Words of the Wiser

Missy didn’t know what to do. Her best friend Penny had stolen the science test off of Mr. Phillip’s desk. She was offering cheat sheets to anyone who was willing to pay $5. Missy was conflicted: should she pay the money and join her friend or tell the teacher and risk becoming everyone at school’s new target?

• Again and Again

• Tough Questions

• Contrast and Contradiction

• Words of the Wiser

• Tough Questions

• Big Questions

• Words of the Wiser

• Again and Again

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

• Words of the Wiser

• Contrasts and Contradiction

• Tough Question

• Tough Questions

• Again and Again

• Big Questions

• Aha Moment

If I see a "Tough Question", I should stop and ask myself...

• "Why is the character acting this way?"

• "What does this make me wonder about?"

• "How might this change things?"

• "What is the life lesson and how might it affect the character?"