Key learning points

1. Inferring meaning can help us to build our understanding of the story.
2. A turning point in a narrative is a pivotal moment that significantly alters the course of the story.
3. Turning points can evoke a range of emotions in the character.
4. We can track a character’s emotions on an emotions graph.
5. The author creates a turning point in the story by having a cliffhanger where Oliver is potentially fatally wounded.

Keywords

• Inference - Inference means to use clues from within the text to draw conclusions.

• Turning point - A turning point in a narrative is a pivotal moment that significantly alters the course of the story or a character's journey.

• Emotions graph - An emotions graph is a reading task where readers plot a character's feelings and emotions as they change throughout a narrative.

Common misconception