Explain each keyword in your own words: 1. author’s purpose: 2. chronological order: 3. conflict: 4. flashback: 5. foreshadowing: 6. narrative techniques: 7. pace: 8. parallel plots:

1. Authors purpose is the message they’re trying to show or convey in the story

2. Chronological order is a series of events that happen in the story one after the other

3. Conflict can be any problem or obstacle designed to stop or set back the main protagonist from the goal in the story

4. A flashback is a memory to a previous event that happened in the story, typically triggered by an action

5. Foreshadowing is when you can infer or predict what is going to happen in the story

6. Narrative techniques are methods the author uses to try to convey the message or make the message clear in the story

7. Pacing shows how fast a story unfolds or can unfold, typically if the story is long because readers can get frustrated with the length of the book

8. Parallel plots the author can tie in 2 or more dramatic plots linked by a common character and similar theme.

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the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel