Reading Signposts
AHA MOMENT
When you are reading and suddenly a character realizes, understand, or finally figures something out, stop and ask yourself...How might this change things?
When you are reading and suddenly a character realizes, understand, or finally figures something out, stop and ask yourself...How might this change things?
AGAIN AND AGAIN
When you are reading and you notice a word, phrase, object, or situation happening over and over, stop and ask yourself....Why does this keep happening?
When you are reading and you notice a word, phrase, object, or situation happening over and over, stop and ask yourself....Why does this keep happening?
MEMORY MOMENT
When you are reading and the author interrupts the action to share a memory or a flashback, stop and ask yourself... Why might this memory be important?
When you are reading and the author interrupts the action to share a memory or a flashback, stop and ask yourself... Why might this memory be important?
TOUGH QUESTIONS
When you are reading and a character asks himself/herself or another character a very difficult question, stop and ask yourself...What does this make me wonder about?
When you are reading and a character asks himself/herself or another character a very difficult question, stop and ask yourself...What does this make me wonder about?
CONTRAST AND CONTRADICTIONS
When you are reading and a character says or does something that is opposite(contradicts) what he/she has been saying or doing all along or a character responds in a way you would not expect, stop and ask yourself... Why is the character doing that?
When you are reading and a character says or does something that is opposite(contradicts) what he/she has been saying or doing all along or a character responds in a way you would not expect, stop and ask yourself... Why is the character doing that?
WORDS OF THE WISER
When you are reading and a character (who may be older and wiser) shares serious advice with another character, stop and ask yourself...What is the life lesson and how might it affect the character?
When you are reading and a character (who may be older and wiser) shares serious advice with another character, stop and ask yourself...What is the life lesson and how might it affect the character?