When you are reading and the author interrupts the action to reveal a memory…
Clues to this signpost....
The author interrupts the flow of a story with a characters memory or recollection.
The memory or recollection may be recounted in several paragraphs before the author return to the story.
Why or how might this memory be important?”
The answers will tell you about the THEME, CONFLICT, or might foreshadow what will happen later in the story.
