The City
Main Characters
Important Objects
Plot Events
Text Structure
100

This is the underground city where the story takes place.

What is Ember?

100

She is one of the main characters, curious and brave.

Who is Lina Mayfleet?

100

Lina carries this to deliver messages.

What is a messenger bag?

100

Lina and Doon discover that this is not working properly.

What is the city’s generator?

100

The story mostly tells events in order from beginning to end. This is called:

What is sequence?

200

Ember was built to last this many years before supplies ran out.

What is 200 years?

200

He helps Lina figure out how to save the city.

Who is Doon Harrow?

200

Doon studies this to understand how Ember works.

What is the generator?

200

Doon works here to learn how to fix the city.

What is the underground generator?

200

When the author explains how things are similar or different, this text structure is used.

What is compare and contrast?

300

The city gets its power from this type of energy.

What is electricity from a river?

300

Lina’s friend who likes to joke and have fun.

Who is Poppy?

300

This contains instructions for leaving Ember.

What is the Mayor’s message?

300

Lina gets this from her grandmother that helps her solve the mystery.

What is a note or clue?

300

When the author explains a problem and then shows how it is solved, this structure is called:

What is problem and solution?

400

The streets of Ember are often this, making it hard to see.

What is dark?

400

he leader of Ember who hides problems instead of fixing them.

Who is Mayor Cole?

400

Citizens get supplies from this place.

What is the supply store or warehouse?

400

Lina and Doon go through this to find a way out of Ember.

What are the tunnels?

400

When the author gives information about a topic, usually with facts and details, it is called:

What is description?

500

The biggest problem the citizens face is that they are running out of these.

What are food and supplies?

500

Lina wants to keep this family member safe.

Who is Clary Mayfleet?

500

Lina and Doon use this to find the way out of Ember.

What is the tunnel map?

500

At the end, the citizens finally find this.

What is the surface world?

500

When the author shows a cause and what happens because of it, this text structure is used:

What is cause and effect?