Signpost
A careful thoughtful reading of a text.
What is close-reading?
True or False: If you comprehend something you understand it.
What is true?
It's the beginning of a story. The character, setting, and main conflict are introduced.
What is exposition?
The qualities that make up the personality of a character.
What are character traits?
Two things you need to make an inference.
What is educated guess made by text evidence and prior knowledge?
This signpost is when a character gives advice.
What is "Words of the Wiser?"
To sink back down or lower.
What is subside?
The climax's location.
What is end of the story/turning point?
The author shows you the character through their actions, thoughts, and appearance. The reader must make an inference.
What is indirect characterization?
The R and the A in RACER stands for?
What are Restate and Answer?
The four elements that signposts connect to.
What is conflict, theme, character, or foreshadowing?
In a manner indicating disbelief
What is incredulously?
The point of view for The Outsiders.
What is first person point of view?
Define Inference.
What is educated guess based on text evidence and prior knowledge?
What does C and E stand for in RACER?
What is cite evidence and explanation?
Johnny and Ponyboy realize this about Dally in this type of signpost. (What do they realize and what type of signpost.)
What is they realize he is gallant? (Aha Moment, Contrast or Contradictions, or Memory Moment.)
What are these 2 words?
1. Expressing doubt or questioning
2. spoke hesitantly
What is quizzical and faltered?
The internal conflict in the Outsiders. (Describe.)
What is Ponyboy is struggling with himself and feels that he does not belong?
Define protagonist and antagonist. State who are the protagonist and antagonist in The Outsiders.
What is protagonist (person's whose actions move the plot along.) Ponyboy. Antagonist: opposition or force against the protagonist. Socs, Darry, and Ponyboy.
What is the difference between and A response and a B response for RACER?
What is having a clear and complete explanation?
The reasons Ponyboy and Cherry keep bringing up the fact that they see the same sunset.
What is again/again or aha moment? The characters realize there are similarities between the two groups.
The three steps of close-reading which are also related to the W.O.D.
What is comprehension, text analysis, and integration of ideas(connections)?
This is when the rising action truly started in The Outsiders.
What is after Johnny killed Bob?
The reason a character does something.
What is character motivation?
Name what each letter in RACER stands for and include reasoning behind the use of RACER.
What is Restate, Answer, Cite evidence, Explain, and Restate? What is we use RACER to format paragraph and essays and to help us prove our inferences?