Sign Posts
When an image, word, or situation is repeated so often that the reader wonders at its importance.
What is Again & Again?
The night breeze softly whispered.
What is personification.
Curzon's nickname for Isabel.
What is Country?
The fuzz
What is the police?
The background information the reader needs to understand the story.
What is exposition?
The moment when the character suddenly figures out something important that changes them or the plot.
What is Aha Moment?
The author of this novel.
Who is Laurie Halse Anderson?
The name of the blue car (the brand) that the Socs drove.
What is a Mustang?
Characters speaking in a way that is believable and shows characterization (personality).
What is dialogue?
A flashback or a pause in the story to reflect back on a memory. These moments usually hold important information , even if you don’t know it yet…
What is Memory Moment?
The material Madam Lockton's fake eyebrows were made from.
What is mouse fur?
The Soc girl who looks at sunsets too.
Who is Cherry Valance?
The way the author builds up tension within the plot
What is suspense?
When an older and wiser character offers a life lesson of some sort to the main character.
What is Words of the Wiser?
The name of the prison Curzon was held in.
What is Bridewell?
This character is a HS dropout and works at a local gas station.
Who is Sodapop Curtis?
The use of rich, colorful, precise language that moves and enlightens the reader and convey mood, conflict, characterization, etc.
What is word choice?
A character’s actions or thoughts are the opposite of what you would expect.
What is Contrast & Contradiction?
The meaning of the "I" Madam Lockton had branded on Isabel's cheek.
What is Insolence?
The poet who wrote "Nothing Gold Can Stay."
Who is Robert Frost?
A contrast between what is expected and what is happening.
What is irony?