A question the main character asks

A flashback

A new understanding or realization

A repeated word

A Flash-forward

A repeated word, phrase, action, or image

Advice from an older character

The character acts unexpectedly

A repeated word, image, or action

Advice from an older character

A question that guides the plot

The story stops to share a memory

The story stops to share a memory

A repeated word or phrase

Advice given from an older character

A question that the character struggles with

A character asks him/herself a difficult question

The story stops to share a memory

A repeated word, image, or action

A character does something unexpected

Advice from an older character

When a character says or does something that is opposite (contradicts) what he has been saying or doing all along

A repeated word, idea, or action

A character asks a difficult question

Why does this keep showing up again and again?

Why might this memory be important?

How might this change things?

What does this make me wonder about?