I always tell the drill the same way: how calmly I opened the door. I leave out Rosa, who had already unlatched it and was holding it wide. What does the narrator's retelling emphasize?

I watched Devon empty his locker. He said nothing. He must have been furious with me. He handed back the tape I had lent him. Which line rests on knowledge this narrator cannot have?

Nadia counted the chairs twice. Across the table Mr. Ellis tapped his pen; she could not tell whether he was bored or nervous. The clock ticked. How does the author show the narrator follows only Nadia?

I like the gate best when it sticks, / when the hinge complains and the yard waits. / A door that swings open easily / has nothing left to tell me. What does the speaker value?

A poem's speaker says, "I have never once been late, and I pity those who are. My watch and I keep the world honest." What view does this speaker hold, whether or not the poet shares it?

Sam left the meeting sure the plan was settled. Behind him, chairs scraped and voices rose again. Because the narrator stays with Sam, what does the passage NOT tell the reader?

I gave Priya the last seat, and she barely thanked me. All she did was nod, keeping one hand pressed to her swollen wrist. Which detail suggests a reason for Priya's silence that the narrator misses?

Day one with the new coach. He asked whether I had a system for the lockers, then rearranged four years of my work before I answered. I said the room looked fine. Which line best reveals the narrator's resentment?

My mother ran the bake sale. We set up at eight. It raised less than last year, but the weather was terrible and half the town had the flu. What does the narrator's stake in the sale lead him to do?

Jonah writes, "Ms. Okafor set my essay on the desk without a word. I could see she was disappointed in it." Which part of Jonah's account is a guess rather than something he saw?

Marisol writes in her diary: "The project fell apart. Ade forgot the poster, Theo skipped two meetings, and somehow it was my name on the late slip." Which word most reveals that she sees herself as blameless?

Ravi checked the clock, then the door. Mr. Adler said nothing and went on marking papers. What does this narrator leave the reader to work out?

The porch is small and paint-chipped, true, / but it is where the coffee's always hot / and no one asks you why you've come. What does the speaker's description of the porch reveal about his view of it?

They call it a weed and pull it up. / I call it the first green thing / brave enough to stand / where the plow has been. Which words most reveal the speaker's view of the plant?

One poem's speaker says the harbor is gray and he would not trade it. Another says the harbor is gray, and gray is all it will ever be. How do the two views differ?

The narrator follows only Cleo. "Cleo decided the note on her desk was a joke and crumpled it. In the hallway, Ben waited for an answer that never came." What does the reader know that Cleo does not?

Dev says, "I only borrowed the bike for ten minutes. Ana acted like I had stolen it." Retold by Ana, which detail would most change the account?

Landlord: "Sunlight fills the front room by nine. The stairs are original oak." Tenant: "The stairs creak. The front room heats up by nine." What do the two accounts show about a teller's stake?

Owen begins, "I am not the kind of person who forgets things. The permission slip sat in my bag all week, which proves nothing about me." What does the last phrase reveal?

A narrator reports, "I asked the Ruizes about the fence, and they laughed. Every neighbor on my street was glad when it came down." Which statement goes beyond what he could actually know?