Demonstrative Pronouns
Narrative Techniques Definitions
Narrative Technique Examples
Making connections
Esperanza Rising
100

______ backpack on the table is mine.

What is that?

100

A hint at what is coming later

What is foreshadow?

100

The class was as quite as a mouse

What is simile?

100

A connection between the text and your life or experiences

What is text to self?

100

Esperanza pulled this away from the little girl on the train because she thought it woul get dirty.

What is her doll?

200

______ chairs by the doors are new.

What is those?

200

A glimpse into the past

What is flashback?

200

"Hey Laura!"

"Hey Dave!"

"How are you?"

What is dialogue?

200

A connection between the text and another text you have read

What is text to text?

200

The sisters brought these from the convent

What are their papers and clothes from the poor box?

300

_______ papers in my hand need to be turned in.

What is these?

300

Spoken conversations between characters

What is dialogue?

300

"You will regret your decision Ramona."

What is foreshadow?

300

A connection between the text and events in the real world

What is text to world?

300

The setting of the story

What is 1930s Mexico?

400

______ book right here is my favorite.

What is this?

400

When one thing is used to represent another

What is symbolism?

400

"Do you remember when you were only five and..."

What is flashback?

400

"When Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz says she wants to go home, I know what she means. Sometimes, even on a fun vacation, I feel homesick."

What is text to self?

400

The cultural circumstance that is affecting the characters in chapters three and four

What is women couldn't own land?

500

_____ trees across the field are tall.

What is those?

500

Descriptive language that engages the human senses to build a mental picture

What is imagery?

500

The Phoenix 

"the lovely young bird that is reborn from its own ashes?"

What is symbolism?

500

"The wolf in Little Red Riding Hood is sneaky and tries to trick the main character, just like the fox in The Gingerbread Man."

What is text to text?

500

The genre of the book

What is historical fiction?