The City
This is the underground city where the story takes place.
What is Ember?
She is one of the main characters, curious and brave.
Who is Lina Mayfleet?
Lina carries this to deliver messages.
What is a messenger bag?
Lina and Doon discover that this is not working properly.
What is the city’s generator?
The story mostly tells events in order from beginning to end. This is called:
What is sequence?
Ember was built to last this many years before supplies ran out.
What is 200 years?
He helps Lina figure out how to save the city.
Who is Doon Harrow?
Doon studies this to understand how Ember works.
What is the generator?
Doon works here to learn how to fix the city.
What is the underground generator?
When the author explains how things are similar or different, this text structure is used.
What is compare and contrast?
The city gets its power from this type of energy.
What is electricity from a river?
Lina’s friend who likes to joke and have fun.
Who is Poppy?
This contains instructions for leaving Ember.
What is the Mayor’s message?
Lina gets this from her grandmother that helps her solve the mystery.
What is a note or clue?
When the author explains a problem and then shows how it is solved, this structure is called:
What is problem and solution?
The streets of Ember are often this, making it hard to see.
What is dark?
he leader of Ember who hides problems instead of fixing them.
Who is Mayor Cole?
Citizens get supplies from this place.
What is the supply store or warehouse?
Lina and Doon go through this to find a way out of Ember.
What are the tunnels?
When the author gives information about a topic, usually with facts and details, it is called:
What is description?
The biggest problem the citizens face is that they are running out of these.
What are food and supplies?
Lina wants to keep this family member safe.
Who is Clary Mayfleet?
Lina and Doon use this to find the way out of Ember.
What is the tunnel map?
At the end, the citizens finally find this.
What is the surface world?
When the author shows a cause and what happens because of it, this text structure is used:
What is cause and effect?