Parts of a Paragraph: Identification
The aspect of Cristian’s life that is most negatively affected by surveillance culture is his access to a good education.
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Topic Sentence
Words and phrases that are used so that your paragraph flows smoothly.
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Transitions
In a dangerous, rebellious action, what does Cristian leave on Mr. Van Dorn's desk?
his notebook (173).
Which member of the Florescu family dies in this week's section of I Must Betray You?
“I had created a grand plan with precision timing, but it evaporated after the meeting with Agent Paddle Hands”
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Quotation
The author’s last name and page number in parentheses.
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Citation
The last time Cristian sees Dan, Dan gives him a present. What is it?
Stamps to add to his stamp collection (174).
Who gives Cristian a Twinkie?
Dan Van Dorn (173)
He says,
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Lead in
When you explain only what is necessary about what is happening in the plot at a specific moment. It is located at the beginning of a quotation sandwich.
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Context
Earlier in the book, Cristian punches his best friend, Luca, because he believes that he was informing on him. Later, he learns that Luca thought that Cristian was angry with him for a different reason. What was the reason that Luca thought his best friend was mad at him?
Luca thought that Cristian was angry with him because he also had a crush on Liliana. He had been trying to get close to her, too (161).
When Cristian first sees the tortured, beaten dead body of his grandfather, someone whispers to him, "This...is what happens to philosophers" (154). Who says that to him?
His mother, Mioara
In addition,
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Transition
The final sentence of the paragraph, which summarizes the argument.
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The Clincher Sentence
Bunu's chess partner tells Cristian that Bunu was drinking something that was contaminated with radioactive poison. What was this drink?
Coffee (157).
An Olympic athlete, Nadia Comăneci, defects from Romania, escaping to the United States. What is Nadia's sport?
Gymnastics (146).
Sepetys uses a simile to compare the protagonist’s mother to a weapon of war: a grenade. Mioara’s constant fear produces such an intense level of fight-or-flight reaction that she is unable to be there for her children in a meaningful, compassionate way.
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Analysis
Expresses both how the quotation helps prove your argument and the significance of the quotation.
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Analysis
When Cristian is being interviewed by Agent Paddle Hands, Cristian realizes that the agent is a sports fan. What sport is he interested in?
Soccer (130).
Bonus info: He's a fan of the Steaua București football club
When Cristian sees a six-foot wooden cross in front of his building that indicates that someone in the apartment died, he thinks it must be someone, but he is wrong -- it marks the death of his grandfather. Who does he originally think the cross is for?
Mrs. Drucan (152).
This is the woman from Boston's mother.