1. Pick an example from American Born Chinese that illustrates a plot element and explain how it does so. 2. Pick a second example from American Born Chinese that illustrates a different plot element and explain how it does so.
3. What emotion do you think the plot element you identified in question 1 is intended to inspire?
4. What emotion do you think the plot element you identified in question 2 is intended to create?
5. How well do you think the plot element from question 1 works to create the emotion from question 3? Is it effective? Why or why not?
6. How well do you think the plot element from question 2 works to create the emotion from question 4? Is it effective? Why or why not?
7. Jot down notes about the evidence you might use to examine the two plot elements you've written about in the questions before this.