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Memory Moment Signpost #5
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Memory Moment Today we’re going to look at a signpost that helps you understand why characters do what they do. We call this signpost Memory Moment.
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Memory Moment A Memory Moment is the point in the book when the writer interrupts what’s happening in the story to show us the main character as he or she remembers something important.
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Memory Moment Sometimes the clue is very obvious:
“I remembered the first time I met him.” “In that very moment the memory came flooding back.”
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Memory Moment Sometimes the clue is very subtle:
“My dad liked to tell the story about...” “This picture always reminded me of...” How might a writer reveal a Memory Moment in a silent film?
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Memory Moment STOP and Notice & Note
When you’re reading and the author interrupts the action to tell you a memory. You should stop yourself and ask: “Why might this memory be important?” The answers will tell you about the theme, conflict, or might foreshadow what will happen later in the story.
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Memory Moment Let’s take a look at how this works in two clips from
Disney’s Up. Clip #2
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Look Fors: Two different memory moments
How the screenwriter signals each memory moment What the memory moment suggests about theme, conflict, or character--or how it might foreshadow what will happen later in the movie
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