How to Use Cornell Notes
- Characters: Record information about characters and their development
- Themes: Note down themes and how they're explored in the text
- Setting: Describe settings and how they affect the story
- Important Quotes: Collect significant quotes and analyze their meaning
- Use these notes to help you plan your TEEL paragraphs and essays
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"They weren't really one of those family-movie-night, camp-in-the-backyard, let's-discuss-this-and-get-everyone's-opinion kind of families."
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"The one you feed."
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"For the first time ever, Ben did not ask a question."
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"Big Girl. You're Scared."
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"He scanned the ground for snakes, every cell in his body pleading to return to the car."
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"Nature was real and true and terrible."
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"Adults never told kids anything. Nothing worth hearing anyway."
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"Dad poked the foot at him again and Ben looked into his father's eyes. They seemed less alive than the rabbits'."
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"Can your own parents kidnap you? I think mine have. Help!"
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"It would be so easy to go back. Easier than going forward."
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"Ben no longer knew if he was a detective or a thief."
Page 172
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"Ben had once heard Mum telling Dad in an argument that 'money doesn't buy happiness'."
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"Death could not be worse than this."
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"Ben watched her chopping onions, thinking how easy food seemed now."
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"Do you think we have convict blood? Maybe we can't help it."
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