Fiction Signpost Quiz

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7 questions

Instructions

Read the story "Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes the audio and text version is available for use. Identify the six fiction signposts: Contrast and Contradictions, Aha Moment, Words of the Wiser, Tough Question, Again and Again, and Memory Moments when prompted. 

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Fiction Signpost Quiz

Fiction Signpost Quiz

What signpost is "Then it will get washed this evening," said the large woman starting up the street, dragging the frightened boy behind her" (Hughes, 1958, p.1).

Phrases like "large woman," "large purse," and "weight of the purse" are repeated throughout the 1st page. What signpost would this be?

What signpost is, "I were young once and I wanted things I could not get" (Hughes, 1958, p.2).

What signpost is, "The door was open. He could make a dash for it down the hall. He could run, run, run, run, run!" (Hughes, 1958, p.2). However he did not run.

What signpost is, "...shoes come by devilish like that will burn your feet" (Hughes, 1958, p.3).

At the end of the story the boy stays with Mrs.Luella Bates Washington Jones as he realized it wasn't the pocketbook, money and shoes he wanted it was something more. What signpost is this?

What signpost is "Then it will get washed this evening," said the large woman starting up the street, dragging the frightened boy behind her" (Hughes, 1958, p.1).

Phrases like "large woman," "large purse," and "weight of the purse" are repeated throughout the 1st page. What signpost would this be?

What signpost is, "I were young once and I wanted things I could not get" (Hughes, 1958, p.2).

What signpost is, "The door was open. He could make a dash for it down the hall. He could run, run, run, run, run!" (Hughes, 1958, p.2). However he did not run.

What signpost is, "...shoes come by devilish like that will burn your feet" (Hughes, 1958, p.3).

At the end of the story the boy stays with Mrs.Luella Bates Washington Jones as he realized it wasn't the pocketbook, money and shoes he wanted it was something more. What signpost is this?