Sign Posts
This sign post refers to a quote, usually in the form of advice from an old, experienced mentor, that signals an important theme or lesson to the reader.
What is "Words of the Wiser"
This group was made up of German, Swedish and Scotch Irish immigrants. They believed in being completely independent, mainly because they lived in places that had very little easy access to roads or towns.
What is the Frontiersman or "Frontier People"
This variant of the COVID virus was more contagious than any variant so far.
What is Omicron?
The native group that inhabited the coastal basin near what is now known as New Orleans is known by what name?
What is the Chitimacha?
River, Meena, and Zane are all examples of what literary element?
What are Main Characters?
This signpost refers to a event, thought or phrase that comes up over and over again in the course of a story.
What is Again and Again?
This group lived in Appalachia long before any Europeans arrived.
What is the Cherokee?
These two teams will be competing in the superbowl.
Who are the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams?
This deadly force was introduced by both Christopher Columbus and Hernando De Soto to the original inhabitants of North America.
What is Disease (or small pox, specifically)?
The Hurricane that traps Zane and the landslide that destroys River's Gym are both examples of this type of problem.
External conflict
This signpost refers to an event in the past that a character remembers, and that connects to an important theme or lesson.
This group was made up of Eastern European and Italian Immigrants. They had skills in a specific type of trade that was well matched to the resources of Appalachia.
What is the Miners.
This big event is about to begin in the city of Beijing, China.
What is the Olympics?
The French inhabitants of New Orleans were the first to establish what defense against Hurricane Damage?
What is a Rigid Grid system to make their city better protected against floods, tidal surges, and wind.
Internal Conflict
This Signpost refers to a moment where a main character (usually the narrator) suddenly realizes something important. This signals that the character is understanding an important theme or lesson.
What is the Environmentalists?
This country is currently building up its military forces and weapons along its border, causing the international community to be afraid that it will invade one of its neighboring countries.
What is Russia?
MTR was introduced as a result of this major technological development?
What is high explosives (during WW II)
This formatting is required whenever a new speaker speaks in a written story.
What is a new paragraph?
This signpost refers to a action, thought, or statement by a character that is very different from everything that character has done before. This signals something about a major character change, and helps express a lesson or theme in a story.
What is a Contrast and Contradiction
This Road was created as part of the Environmental movement and helped tourism become one of the major modern industries in Appalachia.
The Blue Ridge Parkway.
A supreme court justice recently retired, opening the way for one of a list of nominated candidates to take over. The candidates are all historic because of what shared characteristic?
What is African American Women?
The Treaty of New Echota.
What is the Epistolary form?