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WorksheetsLiterary Signposts & Academic Vocab
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 20mins
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
Which signpost describes when a character does something unexpected?
Contrast and Contradiction
Aha Moment
Words of the Wiser
Memory Moment
Describe the signpost: Aha Moment
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
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
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
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
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
What is the climax of a story?
The highest point in the plot where the problem/conflict reaches its peak
The element of plot structure that takes place after the climax and begins to resolve the conflicts of the story before the resolution.
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
What is the falling action of a story?
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
The highest point in the plot where the problem/conflict reaches its peak
The element of plot structure that takes place after the climax and begins to resolve the conflicts of the story before the resolution.
Main character in a narrative who is at the center of the story
Which vocabulary word is defined as: the atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage?
Memory Moment
Protagonist
Mood
Rising Action
What is a synonym for protagonist?
(a)
What is a synonym for antagonist?
(a)
