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WorksheetsContrasts & Contradictions Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins
A character behaves or thinks in a way we don't expect is
Again & Again
Aha Moment
Memory Moment
Contrast & Contradiction
Michael is the greatest basketball player to ever play the game. After winning three champions Michael is at the top of his career and everyone expects he will win his fourth MVP award. Yesterday, Michael called a press conference and suddenly announced his retirement.
Tough Questions
Words of the Wiser
Contrasts and Contradictions
Tough Questions
Billy is known around the city as a “tough guy”. He only wears leather and can usually be spotted speeding down the street on his Harley motorcycle. He is covered in tattoos, including one that reads “Bad to the Bone”. Little do these people know that Billy has a soft side and spends Tuesday evenings volunteering at the local animal shelter.
Words of the Wiser
Aha Moment
Tough Questions
Contrasts and Contradictions
What is an Aha Moment?
When a character asks a difficult question
When a character does something that contradicts what you would expect from them
When a character realizes, understands, or finally figures out something
When an author stops the action to share a memory
Fiction: A word or idea keeps showing up, repeated
Contrasts and Contradiction
Again and Again
Life Lesson
Tough Question
Fiction: A flashback
Aha! Moment
Contrast and Contradiction
Memory Moment
Tough Question
Fiction: Phrases like "I suddenly knew..." or "I finally realized..." are clues for what?
Life Lesson
Again and Again
Aha! Moment
Contrast and Contradiction
Again and Again: Ask yourself....
What is the theme?
Why might the author bring this up again and again?
Why might the character act this way?
What is the character's internal conflict?
Memory Moment: Ask yourself...
What is the theme?
Why might the character behave this way?
Why might this memory be important?
Did the character lose something?
Aha! Moment: Ask yourself....
What is the life lesson?
How might this change things?
Why does the author keep bringing this up?
Why might the character be acting this way?
Which signpost occurs when you are reading and suddenly a character realizes, understands, or finally figures something out?
Tough Questions
Aha Moment
Again and Again
Memory Moment
When you are reading and you notice a word, object, or situation mentioned over and over, which signpost is the author using?
Again and Again
Words of the Wiser
Memory Moment
Tough Questions
-words
-events
-images
-symbols
