73 pages 2 hours read

Ellie Terry

Forget Me Not

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

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Essay Topics

1.

Calli’s point of view is written in verse and Jinsong’s is written in prose. How does Ellie Terry use these different writing styles to characterize Calli and Jinsong?

2.

Terry introduces one of Calli’s tics—pulling her hair—before she tells the reader about Calli’s Tourette syndrome. Why do you think Terry chose to deliver the information in this order?

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Some of Calli’s poems are concrete poems: The words take the physical shape of the subject of the poem. Identity two of these poems. How does the physical shape of the poem contribute to its meaning?