Notice and Note
Crash
...and right then, for the very first time in my life, I didn't know if I wanted to win.
Example of an Again & Again signpost
Divorce. A tearing, ugly word.
Example of a Contrast and Contradiction signpost
He was the kind who would pass the collection plate on Sunday and take your home away on Monday.
Among the Hidden
His life was very limited - he understood this now more than ever.
Example of Words of the Wiser signpost
I dare you to go back and listen to him. I dare you to do goodness.
Hope Was Here
I've seen her exactly three times since I was born...
Walk Two Moons
In my journal I confessed that I had since kissed all different kinds of trees...
Example of a Memory Moment signpost
It was almost 4 months ago when I walked down to the DX station to get a bottle of pop...
The Goodness of Matt Kaizer
People are always saying, Nothing's worse than when a kid goes bad. Well, let me tell you, going good isn't all that great either."
Esperanza Rising
She realized no matter how much avocado and glycerine she put on them, the would never look like the hands of a wealthy woman at El Rancho de las Rosas.
The Outsiders
That was the first time I realized the extent of Johnny's hero-worship for Dally Winston.
Example of an Aha! Moment signpost
The thought came to me: they would have liked one another...
Tough Question
Thoughts a character asks to reveal his inner struggles
Example of a Tough Question signpost
What if I'm really good inside?
Ransom of Red Chief
You won't take me back home again, will you Snake-Eye?
Contrast and Contradiction
a character thinks/behaves in a way that we don't expect or an element of the setting is something we don't expect
Words of the Wiser
a wiser figure shares advice in an effort to help the main character with a problem of decision
Again and Again
a word is repeated, sometimes in an odd way; an image reappears several times during the course of the book
Aha Moment
character's realization of something that shifts his actions or understanding of himself, others, or the world
Memory Moment
the story is interrupted by a past thought that comes to the character, often taking several paragraphs to return the present
