Character Clues
This character prefers wearing sunglasses so she doesn't forget her physical appearance changed.
Who is Alice?
In the story's exposition, Alice struggles to accept her appearance and wears these to help her adjust.
What are sunglasses?
A sharp twisting of the face that shows disgust or distaste.
What is a grimace?
Correct the punctuation error: "Where did my diary go"? he asked.
What is putting the question mark inside the quotation marks ("Where did my diary go?" he asked.)?
The central theme of "Mirror Image" explores how physical changes can do this.
What is transform who a person is inside / affect identity?
This character believes that Alice's personality might not just live in her head, but in other parts of her body.
Who is Jenny?
During the rising action, Alice experiences a flashback to this location where she had to relearn how to walk and speak.
What is the hospital?
The suffix -able in adaptable or changeable means this.
What is "inclined to" or "capable of"?
In the sentence “I hate looking in the mirror,” he said. “it never shows what I think I look like,” this word needs capitalization.
What is "It"?
Alice realizes her mother made a chocolate mocha cake not just for her birthday, but because her mother felt this emotion.
What is guilt?
This parent wrote initials on a silver-plated mirror for Alice.
Who is Alice’s father?
This moment serves as the story's climax, where Alice meets someone unexpected on Bedford Avenue.
What is Alice meeting Mr. Jarred?
The word meaning "uneasiness" or "depriving someone of peace or rest".
What is disquiet?
Complete the proverb referenced throughout the story: "The eyes are the mirror of the ______".
What is "soul"?
Jenny believes Alice is changing because Alice now goes out for this activity and hangs out with new friends.
What is cheerleading?
He admits to Alice that he looked into her eyes and did not see his daughter.
Who is Mr. Jarred?
In the resolution, Alice uses the tip of an umbrella to do this in fresh concrete.
What is writing her initials (ACS)?
A tingling sensation on the skin.
What is prickly?
Identify who said this quote: "The human mind is incredibly adaptable."
Who is Alice's mother?
The literary term for interrupting chronological order to show an event from the past.
What is a flashback (or Memory Moment)?
She went on television crying because she wanted to see her daughter, Gail.
Who is Mrs. Jarred?
The central conflict of the story centers on whether Alice is still herself after receiving this medical procedure.
What is a brain transplant?
To spellbind or hold someone's complete attention.
What is mesmerize?
This person said, "Somtimes...I don't know...Sometimes I think my sister is dead."
Who is Jenny?
The reason Alice grimaces when eating the chocolate mocha cake.
What is having new taste buds from her transplanted body?